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Plankton

Organisms that are integral to the continuity of freshwater and marine ecosystems. Consists of zooplankton and phytoplankton.

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What is the scientific classification of a fern?

There are about twelve thousand species of fern, but ferns belong to the botanical group called Pteridophyta.

Why do plankton like cold water?

There are two broad categories of plankton, which just means living things that float (living things that swim are nekton); phytoplankton, or floating plants, and zoplankton, or floating animals. Animals need oxygen and cold water holds more of it that warm water. Photosynthethic plants need sunlight and sunlight tends to warm the water.

How does nymphs look like?

Nymphs look like tiny little flies that you can squish in your hand. They look like fairies with colorful wings.

How much do zooplankton weighs?

one piece plant plankton is 10g each

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Do sealions eat zooplankton?

Harbor seals, like all seals, are carnivores. Specifically, they hunt fish for food. Harbor seals are not capable of filtering plankton from seawater, and even if they could it would not provide the nutrients they require.

Is plankton in lakes?

they usually rest towards the top of the lake.

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What are a copepods predators?

Planktonic copepods are important to global ecology and the carbon cycle. They are usually the dominant members of the zooplankton, and are major food organisms for small fish, whales, seabirds and other crustaceans such as krill in the ocean and in fresh water.

Are Plankton a combination of plants and animals?

Plankton are a large group of various organisms that drift in waters and are eaten by larger organisms. They consists of very small animals, algae, bacteria and protists. As a group they contain both animals and plants (algae).

Is zooplankton plant or animal?

"Zooplankton" refers to small aquatic animals.

The "zoo-" prefix refers to animals, as in zoology, and zoo (which is short for "zoological garden".

Zooplankton also are animal like because they consume their food.

What are examples of benthos?

Benthic animals live in the sediments at the bottom of lakes. A good example is the rusty crayfish, found in North America.

Which fish eat zooplankton?

Any fish will eat Zoo plankton in terms of survival, if it is bigger than the Zoo plankton.

What eats a water Spider?

Well, besides water, all spiders drink the liquified and semi-digested insides of the insects they catch and inject with venom and digestive juices. Some spiders, mostly the kind that wander around to hunt their prey, will drink juice from broken fruit, nectar from flowers, etc., as well as dew, rain drops, etc.

Are phytoplankton microorganisms beneficial or harmful?

Yes! Phytoplankton is a very good thing. It may be hard to believe, but even great animals like whales feed off of them. A phytoplankton can be defined as any microscopic plant containing large amounts of protein and largely fed on by fish larvae.

What is plant plankton?

Plankton (singular plankter) are any drifting organisms (animals, plants, archaea, or bacteria) that inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. That is, plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than phylogenetic or taxonomic classification.

Are zooplankton eating fish primary consumers?

Zooplankton are both primary and secondary consumers. If they eat algae or cyanobacteria they will be primary consumers. If they eat other zooplankton then they would be secondary consumers. Just as people may eat plants thus making them primary or eat meat making them secondary.

How big are zooplankton s?

It's big enough for the eye to see it that is all I know

Does zoo plankton algae?

Plankton is not algae. Plankton eats algae though.

What group of animals eat plankton?

Tiny floating animals called zooplankton feed on phytoplankton. Krill also like to eat phytoplankton.

Where do plankton go to escape from predators?

Plankton is able to protect itself. There is one form of plankton called dinoflagellates. Dinoflagellates have 2 forms of protecting themselves from predators. One way is they have an armored shell, and the other is that they have body spikes. The body spikes release a harmful chemical that scares predators away. There is no such thing is a creature being too small to protect itself.