Sentences with phrase «surface zooplankton»

«In the central North Pacific Gyre, pieces of plastic outweigh surface zooplankton by a factor of 6 to 1,» according to a report based on Moore's research.

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«We tested how polystyrene plastic particles of different sizes, charge and surface affect the zooplankton Daphnia.

The Center for Ocean Solutions writes: «Between 1951 and 1993 zooplankton biomass off Southern California decreased by 80 % as a result of warming surface waters.»

As the babies rise to the surface of their tank, the staff collects them and places them in a rearing tank where they float and eat zooplankton.

One of the most common zooplankton, krill are among the most abundant marine organisms and migrate daily in giant swarms, heading hundreds of meters deep by day and up to the ocean's surface by night to feed.

When phytoplankton increase, zooplankton flourish, treating whales, sea birds and young Arctic cod to a bountiful feast.2 In addition to more food, the warmer surface temperatures stimulate the «cold - blooded» Arctic cod grow faster and bigger, and bigger fish are better able to survive the winter.

The predicted continuous warming trend of the ocean surface temperature is expected to favour the growth of smaller phytoplankton cells (picophytoplankton replacing large diatoms) that in turn would also favour small - sized zooplankton species (Li et al. 2009).

Here in the gloaming, bacteria and zooplankton scavenge the decaying particles snowing down from the ocean's surface.