Plankton

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Plankton

• By Catherine Clauson
• and Jessica Britton

http//spongebob.net/spongebobcharacters.htm
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Characteristics of Plankton

• It is Alive
• Lives in water
• Can not determine where to move in the water.
  (Free floating)
• Ex. Protists Rotifers Heavier Ostracods
  Cladocerans and Copepods.

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Phytoplankton

• Phytoplankton are different kinds of plants that
  are found floating like Diatoms and Algae.
• Here is an example of some Diatoms.
  http//www.microscopyuk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/diadr.
  html

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Zooplankton

• Zooplankton are tiny animals that also live in
  the water and they eat Phytoplankton as well as
  other Zooplankton.
• Here is an example of Zooplankton in the family
  Cladocera. http//www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wim
  small/diadr.html

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Zooplankton We FoundDrawn by Jessica Britton
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How We Caught the Plankton

Plankton Net
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Importance of Plankton

• Provide important source of food for all water
  organisms.
• Indicators of water quality.
• Phytoplankton harness new energy from sunlight.
• http//www.biologyonline.org/6/16_plankton.htm
  

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Interesting Facts

• Did you know that the weight of all Plankton is
  heavier than the weight of all humans on the
  Earth?
• Did you know that Plankton is the major source of
  oxygen, not trees?
• 70 of oxygen is produced by Plankton.

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