- of
phagotrophic protists,
including ciliates, dinoflagellates, and
mesozooplankton nauplii.
Microzooplankton are
major grazers of the
plankton community...
-
aggregations of 250
individuals consumed an
estimated 100% of the
mesozooplankton biom**** in the Seto
Inland Sea.
Other major fish
predators that are...
-
different sized pores, the
largest large enough to
conceivably consume mesozooplankton,
possibly giving rise to
different ecological niches within a single...
- used as a mesh for
filter feeding. It was
probably able to
consume mesozooplankton roughly the same size as the
other filter feeding radiodont, Tamisiocaris...
-
devour and ****imilate
ciliates until medusa stage,
medusa then prey on
mesozooplankton and macrozooplankton. The
ephyra can
tolerate long
period of starvation...
- for small-sized preys, in
contrast to
mesozooplankton, and many
ciliate species are also
grazed by
mesozooplankton. Thus,
ciliates can be an
important link...
-
copepods like C.
finmarchicus are
feeding on
microzooplankton as well.
Mesozooplankton are
among the most
important components of
their regional food web...
-
scavengers or by
chemical processes before they
reached the sea floor.
Mesozooplankton are
plankton of a
larger size.
Early Cambrian specimens filtered microscopic...
- Hopcroft,
Russell R. (2010). "Diversity and
vertical distribution of
mesozooplankton in the Arctic's
Canada Basin". Deep Sea
Research Part II:
Topical Studies...
-
decades of a
large grazer,
Daphnia curvirostris, and the
dominance of
mesozooplankton community by
three species of
cyclopoid copepod:
Thermocyclops consimilis...
