Plankton
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Plankton are organisms that drift in water but are unable to actively propel themselves against currents. Marine plankton include drifting organisms that inhabit the saltwater of oceans and the bracki
Marine microplankton and mesoplankton Part of the contents of one dip of a hand net. The image contains diverse planktonic organisms, ranging from photosynthetic cyanobacteria and diatoms to many different types of zooplankton, including both holoplankton (permanent residents of the plankton like copepods) and meroplankton (temporary residents of the plankton like fish eggs and crab larvae). 100 μm is one tenth of a mm
The coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi (μm = thousandth of one mm)
Algae bloom of Emiliania huxleyi off the southern coast of England
Plankton species diversity Diverse assemblages of unicellular and multicellular organisms with different sizes, shapes, feeding strategies, ecological functions, life cycle characteristics, and environmental sensitivities. Courtesy of Christian Sardet/CNRS/Tara expeditions
Copepod
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Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic, some are benthic, several species have parasitic phases, and some contine
Plankton
…plant-like producers such as diatoms and cyanobacteria) synthesize their own food, while zooplankton (heterotrophic consumers such as radiolarians and copepods) get their food like animals do, by predating and eating other life forms. In recent years research has shown unicellular plankton often combine…
Веслоногие ракообразные разных видов
Copepods from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur
Egg sac of a copepod
Acanthochondria cornuta, an ectoparasite on flounder in the North Sea