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A new study in collaboration with BAS scientists reveals for the first time that zooplankton migration contributes ...
A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking ...
Tiny ocean zooplankton play a massive role in trapping carbon deep below the surface, offering a hidden buffer against ...
Not much attention is paid to plankton because these creatures are usually hidden from sight. They are mostly microscopic in size and live in aquatic environments, but human lives are intricately ...
A new study has revealed that small but mighty zooplankton—including copepods, krill, and salps—are key players in the ...
Zooplankton like copepods aren’t just fish food—they’re carbon-hauling powerhouses. By diving deep into the ocean each winter ...
A chilling discovery in the deep waters off the South Sandwich Islands reveals a strange, blood-sucking phenomenon. Parasites ...
Small crustaceans called copepods drift along with ocean currents to find whatever nutrients will sustain them, and they, in turn, sustain many species of whales.
How satellites use astaxanthin to track copepods Astaxanthin, the reddish pigment in copepods, is of pivotal importance when it comes to MODIS observing zooplankton in the ocean.
A strange video from the South Atlantic Ocean showed parasites on a deep-sea fish. These parasites, Lophoura szidati copepods, looked like they had pigtails. They clung to the head of a rattail ...
Parasitic copepods on a grenadier fish. Screenshot: Schmidt Ocean Institute Behold, the latest in deep-sea fashion: An unfortunate fish sporting parasitic copepods as pigtails.
“Like whale sharks and unlike white sharks, these gentle giants filter feed on dense clumps of copepods, tiny crustaceans about the size of a grain of rice,” the agency said. Sometimes ...
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