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Noctiluca is classified as a zooplankton, specifically a type of dinoflagellate. While it is photosynthetic and contains chloroplasts, it primarily feeds on other microorganisms, which distinguishes it from phytoplankton that primarily perform photosynthesis. Noctiluca can be found in marine environments and is known for its bioluminescent properties.
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Autotroph is to heterotroph as phytoplankton is to what?
Zooplankton. Phytoplankton are autotrophs, as they produce their own food through photosynthesis. Zooplankton are heterotrophs, relying on consuming other organisms, like phytoplankton, to obtain their energy.
How zooplankton controls the growth of phytoplankton?
Zooplankton can control the growth of phytoplankton by grazing on them, reducing their population. This grazing pressure can influence the size and composition of phytoplankton communities. By consuming phytoplankton, zooplankton can also regulate nutrient cycling and ecosystem productivity in aquatic environments.
Are zooplankton producers?
No, they eat phytoplankton and phytoplankton are producers.
What example of zooplamkton?
zooplankton prey on phytoplankton.
Does zooplankton eat phytoplankton?
AnswerNo its the other way around, Plankton is made of Phytoplankton which are plants. Plants make their own food using sunlight and the process of photosynthesis. You then get small creatures and larvae of other animals that feed on the phytoplankton called zooplankton. Jellyfish are also part of the plankton and they eat fish.
What are the two types of planktons?
Phytoplankton and zooplankton
What special ability do Noctiluca phytoplankton have?
Noctiluca plankton can glow in the dark
What is the difference between phytoplankton and zooplankton?
phytoplankton are autotrophs and zooplankton are heterotrophs
What is smaller than zooplankton?
Phytoplankton is smaller than zooplankton because it eats phytoplankton.
What are the three primary types of plankton?
What different categories can plankton be placed into?
Who eats a phytoplankton?
Zooplankton eat phytoplankton
Autotroph is to heterotroph as phytoplankton is to what?
Zooplankton. Phytoplankton are autotrophs, as they produce their own food through photosynthesis. Zooplankton are heterotrophs, relying on consuming other organisms, like phytoplankton, to obtain their energy.
Zooplankton get their energy from?
Zooplankton get their food from eating phytoplankton. The phytoplankton are the base of the food chain. Zooplankton are primary consumers or the second step in the food chain.
What can zooplankton eat?
phytoplankton
Are zooplankton producers?
No, they eat phytoplankton and phytoplankton are producers.
How zooplankton controls the growth of phytoplankton?
Zooplankton can control the growth of phytoplankton by grazing on them, reducing their population. This grazing pressure can influence the size and composition of phytoplankton communities. By consuming phytoplankton, zooplankton can also regulate nutrient cycling and ecosystem productivity in aquatic environments.
What kind of phytoplankton is Noctiluca?
Noctiluca is a dinoflagellate in the Domain Eukaryota, Superphylum Alveolata, Phylum Dinoflagellata, in the class Noctiluciphyceae, and in the order Noctilucales.
