Across
- 5. plankton their whole life
- 8. small animals that feed on phytoplankton
- 9. phytoplankton utilize sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and nutrients into organic compounds
- 13. plankton serve as the foundation of aquatic food webs
- 15. phytoplankton are the primary source of energy
Down
- 1. don’t remain in the planktonic phase from birth to death
- 2. organism that spend their entire life as plankton
- 3. plankton refers to the diverse group of microscopic organisms that drift or float
- 4. some mollusk like certain species of snails and clams
- 6. certain copepods, small crustaceans, are holoplankton
- 7. small animals that feed on other zooplankton
- 10. crab larve and shrimp larve are
- 11. Microscopic plants that perform photosynthesis, contributing to the primary production of aquatic ecosystems
- 12. diatoms, dinoflagellates, and Cyanobacteria
- 14. refers to a group of plaktonic organisms