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What do plankton do when they die?
They either get eaten in the current, or sink to the bottom and get eaten.
Is a plankton a consumer or producer?
Plankton may be both producer (phytoplankton) and consumer (zoo plankton) but is not a decomposer (that is the job for bacteria). Phytoplankton is the producer, which is eaten by zooplankton, which is then eaten by other organisms in the ocean.
Is plankton a producer or or decomposer?
Plankton may be both producer (phytoplankton) and consumer (zoo plankton) but is not a decomposer (that is the job for bacteria). Phytoplankton is the producer, which is eaten by zooplankton, which is then eaten by other organisms in the ocean.
Is a plankton a consumer producer or a decomposer?
Plankton may be both producer (phytoplankton) and consumer (zoo plankton) but is not a decomposer (that is the job for bacteria). Phytoplankton is the producer, which is eaten by zooplankton, which is then eaten by other organisms in the ocean.
What eats carnivorous plankton?
Carnivorous plankton are eaten by secondary consumers. Some examples of these are birds, fish, and squid. Carnivorous plankton are also eaten indirectly by whatever consumers secondary consumers.
Food chains in the atlantic ocean?
easy, first a little innocent plankton comes along and gets eaten by a shrimp, then the shrimp gets eaten by a fish which gets eaten by a shark. plankton, shrimp, fish, shark!
Why does a yeti crab have hairy arms?
The yeti crab has hairy arms to "grab" floating plankton. The crab waves it arms in a cloud of plankton and the plankton gets stuck in there arms, then the plankton get eaten.
Why only small fish eat plankton?
Plankton are eaten by filter feeders such as clams, as well as by small fish. Larger fish would be looking for something larger to eat. Plankton are extremely small.
Do salmon eat plankton?
juvenile salmon eat zooplankton and it is also eaten in when they are in freshwater.
What is the role of plankton in the ecosystem?
to get eaten by the animal or organism that's one step up from it.
Does phytoplankton get eaten by the killer whale?
Yes, yes they do because I read this book about fish and it had a segment about whales and it said that plankton get eaten by whales.
What type of fish eats plankton?
The Type of Fish that eats plankton is Herring. Herring are small fish and are eaten by Salmon, Seals, Humans and Harbour Porpoises
