This week at the Oceanarium, I was stopped short while explaining that the eggs from a crab hatch into larval stages and become plankton. The question that stopped me was, “What is plankton?” Now, my ...

RECENT researches into the behaviour of plankton animals in the sea as to their vertical movements from day to day indicate that light intensity is an important factor. The animals appear in ...

Plankton are vital to planetary and climate stability and are therefore important contributors to human well-being.

AN interesting preliminary investigation into the plankton of the Java Sea by Dr. H. C. Delsman shows that the coastal waters contain much plant and animal life and that towards the central part ...

Zooplankton include one of Earth’s most abundant animals, ... Scientists estimate there are around 100,000 plankton species in the sea. Plankton communities vary throughout the Earth’s seas ...

When we think of the ocean, what often comes to mind are familiar sights– coral reefs, fishing boats, and waves breaking ...

As UK seas warm and cool with the seasons, the composition and abundance of these plankton communities naturally change.Like plants and animals on land, marine plankton undergo annual cycles that ...

Some of the largest plankton are krill and feed the largest of animals, baleen whales. My first foray into the scientific world was a job sexing Jassa falcata (a tiny amphipod) under a microscope.

Some of the largest plankton are krill and feed the largest of animals, baleen whales. My first foray into the scientific world was a job sexing Jassa falcata (a tiny amphipod) under a microscope.

The zooplankton themselves form the chief food source for a great variety of larger animals. Certain fish, such as sand eels and sprats, feed exclusively on plankton, themselves becoming food for ...

Just a 10 percent drop in plankton could cause a domino effect leading to declines in populations in fish and other larger sea creatures down the food chain, according to Schmidt. “It’d just ...