Zooplankton

typically had no issue, the host species often have a harder time winning this competition. This ultimately leads to a lack of abundance. An invasion of a cladoceran in the Black Seas during the 1980s resulted in such an occurrence. The native zooplankton suffered a huge loss of abundance in the Great Lakes next to the Black Seas (Emerson, Bollens, & Counihan, 2015, p…

ecosystems is seen through the introduced “spiny water flea…which is non-native in North America, [it] is a voracious zooplanktivore that has the capacity to consume more zooplankton than fish [alone]…” (J. Walsh, S.Carpenter, J.Zanden) which is evident that it has had drastic effects on that ecosystem by nearly incinerating the zooplankton population therefore compromising that freshwater…

dominated by Diaptomus and Daphnia. Thus this showed that the majority of the zooplankton are less than about 0.6 millimeter in length when Alosa is abundant, whereas the majority of specimens of the dominant species in the same lake before Alosa…

The Chesapeake Bay is a marine aquatic life zone biome. This estuary is a mixture of salt water and fresh water. This is a sub biome of the Aquatic. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and third largest in the world. An estuary is a body of water where the salt water of the ocean mixes with the fresh water of rivers and streams. The Bay is 200 miles long and flows through the states of Virginia and Maryland. More than 150 rivers, creeks, and streams flow into the…

“Poach the Poachers” Did you know that since 1960, the black rhino population has decreased by 97.6% due to poaching. This is according to the African Wildlife Foundation who is trying to raise efforts to bring attention to the serious danger some animals are in, and the culprit for these animals nearing extinction is in fact humans. For many years the human species has been killing off animals for sometimes no other reason than the thrill they feel when they are hunting down one of these…

Sometimes drastic measures need to be taken to prevent an even more drastic situation, and that is the dilemma today's scientists are facing on the topic of the Alewife, a small silver fish who have wreaked havoc on freshwater ecosystems across Ontario. The invasive species were first spotted in Lake Ontario in 1873, having been carried over in the ballast water of ships. They quickly reproduced in those bodies of water, then bypassed Niagara Falls through the Welland Canal By 1960, they had…

The phytoplankton are the primary producers in the Antarctic ecosystem (Sasso). The zooplankton, also known a krill, are organisms that eat phytoplankton and are (Sasso). Zooplankton are one of many primary consumers in this ecosystem (Winter). Squid eat mainly plankton, krill and fish (Sasso). Squid is also one of many primary consumers in the ecosystem (Winter). There are about 100…

Jellyfish are really fascinating sea creatures. This can be proven by many things like their life and many others. So the reason they are fascinating is because of where they live and what they eat, how they function without their brains and what they do throughout their lives, and there is a species of jellyfish that can basically live forever. The first reason why jellyfish are fascinating is where they live and what they eat. Jellyfish usually live in the ocean and sometimes they will live…

factors. P3: In Antarctica, the abiotic factors of the biome are rocks, ice, and glaciers. These are abiotic due to the fact they are non-breathing/non-living beings that provide for the living in the biome. The biotic factors are Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Squid, Fish, Other Penguins, Seals, Birds (Seabirds), and Whales. These animals are biotic because they are living beings in the biome.…

and could develop a severe infection (Derraik, J. G., 2002). When plastics break down, they eventually become micro plastics, which are smaller than 5 millimeters long. Since micro plastic cannot be seen with the naked eye, marine animals like “zooplanktons, lobsters, worms, sea urchins, and fish” can swallow them when drinking the ocean water without noticing (Sharma, S., & Chatterjee, S., 2017). Larger animals like whales and sharks may ingest large pieces of plastic like plastic bags due to…