Definition of zooplankton in English:
zooplankton
noun ˈzuːplaŋ(k)t(ə)nˈzuːə(ʊ)ˌplaŋ(k)t(ə)nˈzoʊəˌplæŋktən
mass nounBiology Plankton consisting of small animals and the immature stages of larger animals.
Example sentencesExamples
- According to our results, predation on zooplankton appears to continue beyond larval life stages in the Richibucto Estuary.
- Coleoidea, Crustaceans, nudibranch mollusks and polychaete worms make up a large part of the larger zooplankton.
- These tanks received a continual turn-over of water pumped from Loch Lomond and were therefore rich in zooplankton.
- The larvae spend several months as floating zooplankton before settling down onto the reef.
- If preferred prey species are not present at these depths, lake trout may then resort to feeding on zooplankton and invertebrates.
- Oil and gas was formed around 100 million years ago when tiny marine plants and animals called phytoplankton and zooplankton floated on the sea's surface.
- These species are small-bodied, cold water species that are generalist feeders on planktivorous zooplankton and benthic organisms.
- When at sea, they eat zooplankton and other small creatures that rise to the surface at convergence zones.
- Young bluegills eat mainly zooplankton, but as they grow older, they become opportunistic and devour almost anything that fits into their mouths.
- They typically eat insects and floating vegetable matter but their diet also includes zooplankton, aquatic insect larvae, and worms.
- In addition, it might be physically impossible for newly hatched zooplankton to emerge into the water column were they to hatch more than a few millimeters deep in the mud.
Definition of zooplankton in US English:
zooplankton
nounˈzoʊəˌplæŋktənˈzōəˌplaNGktən
Biology Plankton consisting of small animals and the immature stages of larger animals.
Example sentencesExamples
- When at sea, they eat zooplankton and other small creatures that rise to the surface at convergence zones.
- These tanks received a continual turn-over of water pumped from Loch Lomond and were therefore rich in zooplankton.
- Young bluegills eat mainly zooplankton, but as they grow older, they become opportunistic and devour almost anything that fits into their mouths.
- These species are small-bodied, cold water species that are generalist feeders on planktivorous zooplankton and benthic organisms.
- If preferred prey species are not present at these depths, lake trout may then resort to feeding on zooplankton and invertebrates.
- In addition, it might be physically impossible for newly hatched zooplankton to emerge into the water column were they to hatch more than a few millimeters deep in the mud.
- According to our results, predation on zooplankton appears to continue beyond larval life stages in the Richibucto Estuary.
- The larvae spend several months as floating zooplankton before settling down onto the reef.
- They typically eat insects and floating vegetable matter but their diet also includes zooplankton, aquatic insect larvae, and worms.
- Coleoidea, Crustaceans, nudibranch mollusks and polychaete worms make up a large part of the larger zooplankton.
- Oil and gas was formed around 100 million years ago when tiny marine plants and animals called phytoplankton and zooplankton floated on the sea's surface.