Sentences with phrase «tiny crustaceans called»

When it comes to mating, tiny crustaceans called copepods are one of the most abundant multi-cellular organisms, says Kanso, the Zohrab Kaprielian Fellow in Engineering.

Krill oil is derived from tiny crustaceans called Antarctic krill.

They, in turn, feed tiny crustaceans called krill, which are eaten by whales, penguins and some fish.

In the Antarctic, tiny crustaceans called krill sustain the largest animal that has ever existed — the blue whale — as well as many other fish, bird, and mammal species.

Enter a species of tiny crustaceans called cyamids — dubbed whale lice — teeming on the whales» skin, where they nibble on callouses.

When a fish corpse reaches the bottom, every bit of flesh and bone is slowly scavenged by eel - like hagfish, starfish, and swarms of tiny crustaceans called amphipods.

Hungry humpbacks travel thousands of kilometers to feast on a rich buffet of tiny crustaceans called krill, researchers reported here this week at the biennial meeting of the Society for Marine Mammalogy.

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When fry hatch in early spring, they feed mainly on the eggs of tiny aquatic crustaceans called copepods.

Despite their massive size, the whales feed on tiny shrimp - like crustaceans called krill, consuming as many as 40 million krill per day.