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 [zṓə-plăngḱtən]
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Encyclopedia: Zooplankton
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Zooplankton (zoh-plankton) are tiny animals found in all ocean zones, particularly the pelagic and littoral zones in the ocean, but also in ponds, lakes, and rivers. They are a key component of marine ecosystems.
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Zooplankton Printout. Zooplankton are tiny invertebrates that float freely throughout the seas and other bodies of water. Plankton is made up of tiny plants (called phytoplankton) and tiny animals (called zooplankton). The word plankton comes from the Greek word "planktos" which means "drifting." ;
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Zooplankton including salps, ctenophores, jellyfish, beroes and pteropods Resembling a giant bacterium, this Beroe is a member of a family of specialized zooplankton called ctenophores. Take a closer look...;
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Working toward a taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean, a field project of the Census of Marine Life (www.CoML.org) View slide show of zooplankton from the SE Atlantic.
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Paired plankton nets are cast over the side to collect plankton, principally zooplankton such as copepods, arrow worms, and invertebrate larvae. The pair of nets (known as "Bongo nets") provides some degree of replication for spatial sampling.
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Current information about climate and the environment. by David Herring Phytoplankton are microscopic plant-like organisms that live in the ocean. There are many species of phytoplankton, each of which has a characteristic shape. Phytoplankton grow abundantly in oceans around the world, and they are the foundation of...
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Diatoms and/or zooplankton are trapped in this filter basket as the euphausid swims forward. Other euphausids are raptorial feeders that actively pursue arrow worms and other large prey. The thoracic setae of these forms are poorly developed but their elongated third thoracic appendages are armed with pincers.
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