Copepods: The Diatom-Devouring King of Plankton

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Scientists have observed some copepods eating over 300,000 diatoms in a single day!

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SOURCES:
http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/guineaworm/gen_info/faqs.html
https://www.imas.utas.edu.au/zooplankton/image-key/copepoda/crustacean-nauplii
https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod/about/
https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/blogs/much-more-than-fish-food
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/plankton.html
https://www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/kamaral/plankton.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=9fEKAAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en&source=newbks_fb
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ecology_and_Classification_of_North_Amer/gKHmGKqMrgQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=calanoid+circulatory+system&pg=PA833&printsec=frontcover ↩︎
https://academic.oup.com/plankt/article/33/5/677/1482868

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