#microzooplankton — Public Fediverse posts
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Animals in ocean's twilight zone thrive on upcycled nutrients
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-animals-ocean-twilight-zone-upcycled.htmlSmall particles and heterotrophic #protists support the #mesopelagic zooplankton food web in the subarctic northeast #Pacific Ocean https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lno.12397
"Small, free-floating #animals called #zooplankton rely mainly on an even smaller class of organisms, called #microzooplankton, to consolidate the sparse waste products in the water and transform it into higher-quality food."