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What are the two types of planktons?
Phytoplankton and zooplankton
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.
What can zooplankton eat?
phytoplankton
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.
Are zooplankton producers?
No, zooplankton are not producers. They are consumers and primarily feed on phytoplankton and other organic matter in the marine ecosystem.
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.
Does plankton eat phytoplankton?
yes, zooplankton eats phytoplankton
What is the similarities between zooplankton and phytoplankton?
depend on sunlght, occurs within the photic zone
How does zooplankton get energy?
By eating phytoplankton.
