Sentences with phrase «of gelatinous zooplankton»

The team also analysed the stomachs of five museum specimens, mainly finding the remains of gelatinous zooplankton and jellyfish.

In recent years, there has been a lot of discussion about the global increase in the abundance of gelatinous zooplankton populations.

«We know far too little of the ctenophore and other animals of the gelatinous zooplankton, such as medusae.

Not exact matches

Every day, these gelatinous creatures (Bathochordaeus stygius) build giant disposable mucus mansions to round up zooplankton into their stomachs — sometimes sifting through around 80 liters of seawater per hour.

Even the species identification methods are deficient, regardless of the fact that gelatinous zooplankton can be abundant in the ecosystem and have a major effect on both the upper and lower levels of the food web,» says Majaneva.