Zooplankton

... me and my colleagues with the research in Vancouver Lake, and you found that the Lake has a large population of a particular copepod (a kind of zooplankton) that looks very similar to, but not completely identical to, a copepod species commonly found in the Columbia River near the Port of Vancouver. ...

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Human genome has about 23,000 genes. As JackBean said, viruses have the least number of genes in their genomes. And the one with most genes is a zooplankton, Daphnia pulex, with 31,000 genes; according to this news: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-crustacean-genome-sequenced.html. The record ...

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Hi, I was wondering if anyone here uses formalin in their experiments? I use formalin to preserve samples (I collect zooplankton samples) and consequently, a lot of my equipment (e.g. forceps) is contaminated with formalin. Now I hear that formalin is very difficult to wash out, ...

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

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