Mixoplankton
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A mixoplankton is a mixotrophic plankton, capable of both photosynthesis and predation. It is a unicellular plankton that can use a mix of different sources of energy and carbon, instead of having a s
Tintinnid ciliate Favella
Euglena mutabilis, a photosynthetic flagellate
Zoochlorellae (green) living inside the ciliate Stichotricha secunda
The mixotrophic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis, known for causing harmful algal blooms (red tides)
Zooplankton
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Zooplankton are the heterotrophic component of the planktonic community, having to consume other organisms to thrive. The name comes from Ancient Greek ζῷον, meaning "animal", and πλαγκτός, meaning "d
Mixoplankton
…Prymnesium parvum Dinoflagellate examples: Fragilidium subglobosum,Heterocapsa triquetra,Karlodinium veneficum,Neoceratium furca,Prorocentrum minimum Zooplankton Called nonconstitutive mixotrophs by Mitra et al., 2016. Zooplankton that are photosynthetic: microzooplankton or metazoan zooplankton that acquire…
Zooplankton sample including several species of copepods (1–5), gastropod larva (6) doliolids (7), fish eggs (8), and decapod larva (9) (Photo by Iole Di Capua)
Upper left: Biogeochemical models Right: Ecosystem models Lower left: Size-spectra models These models also have temporal and spatial components.
PairoVET tow
Bongo tow