zooplankton

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15139
Small floating or weakly swimming animals that drift with water currents and which, with phytoplankton, make up the planktonic food supply upon which almost all oceanic organisms ultimately depend.
See also: plankton
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 964 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'zooplankton' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15139 RIS BibTex EndNote
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