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Zooplankton

Animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae.


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Do all cells have the ability to perform photosynthesis?

... in the water(although an Euglena uses its flagellum and is still included in plankton). You cannot use it a systematic term. Plankton includes zooplankton and phytoplankton. The requirement for something to be classified as phytoplankton is that it carries out photosynthesis, but saying that ...

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by MrMistery
Sat May 17, 2008 8:37 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Do all cells have the ability to perform photosynthesis?
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zooplankton

ZOOplankton is the key part of the word... Zoon in greek is animal. Are animals considered photosynthetic organisms?

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by canalon
Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:00 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: zooplankton
Replies: 6
Views: 2129

zooplankton

Zooplankton are consider photosynthetic organisms?

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by arcoiris
Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:41 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: zooplankton
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Bio and fresh mass

... expressed as the mass per unit area or volume of habitat. Dry mass refers to the mass of residue present after drying in an oven at 105`C for zooplankton and periphyton, until the mass remains unchanged. This mass represents the total organic matter, ash and sediment, in the sample. Dry mass ...

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by iri_black
Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:29 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bio and fresh mass
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Views: 885

questions about microbiology

What do you think about my answer?are they the right one??if wrong please make a correction.. 1. A pond contains phytoplankton and zooplankton. The quantity of DO (Dissolved Oxygen) measured once upon a time is... a. can be used to measure photosynthesis. b. compared upside-down with the ...

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by victor
Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:57 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: questions about microbiology
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