How to Use zooplankton in a Sentence

zooplankton

noun

• But the zooplankton that adult right whales eat does not grow much in these places.
  — Lela Nargi, Washington Post, 4 July 2022
• The team also used sonar to measure the amount of zooplankton in the area following a blast.
  — National Geographic, 23 June 2017
• Copepods, a type of zooplankton that eats algae, will lose their source of food.
  — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2017
• This should allow researchers to see how much the sun has to dim to affect changes in the zooplankton’s movements.
  — Deborah Netburn, The Seattle Times, 13 Aug. 2017
• Throngs of zooplankton and krill would gather to feast on the nutrients.
  — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 24 May 2017
• Bugs and zooplankton that provide a feast for the young salmon feed on abundant algae there.
  — Carolyn Wilke, sacbee.com, 23 June 2017
• But as the distribution of copepods, the zooplankton that are the whales’ main food source, shifted north, so too did the whales.
  — Nick Hawkins, National Geographic, 11 July 2019
• Because acidification of the ocean harms the zooplankton in the food chain, which feeds salmon.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 23 Oct. 2017
• In the study, all immature krill were killed, and some zooplankton species decreased in number above 95%.
  — Gabriella Sotelo, Treehugger, 14 July 2023
• During the day vulnerable zooplankton hide from predators such as squid and fish in the dark depths.
  — Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2022
• Roughly the size of a starling, the little auk is a seabird that feasts almost entirely on tiny zooplankton.
  — Discover Magazine, 24 July 2017
• In oxygen-thin water, lower parts of the food web, such as zooplankton and small fish like sardines and anchovies, suffer the most.
  — Max Bearak, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2019
• But if these morsels are missing, jellyfish can eat tiny zooplankton — or even just feed on ooze.
  — Carl Zimmer, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
• Yet the question of why so many species, from the tiniest zooplankton to whales, mistake so much of it for food has never been fully explored.
  — Laura Parker, National Geographic, 9 Nov. 2016
• But Damman knew the local waters had abundant insect life and zooplankton to provide food for fish.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2017
• Loud noise can flat out kill zooplankton, tiny creatures that help support the global marine-food web.
  — Marguerite Holloway, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
• One of the smallest zooplankton is the Irukandji jellyfish.
  — Evan Hecht, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
• Another idea is to boost the numbers of zooplankton in ponds where amphibians breed.
  — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 19 July 2017
• The ice melt in years past would help create big undersea bands — stretching for miles — of zooplankton, bait fish and other food that pollock like to eat.
  — Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 15 Sep. 2019
• The ice melt in years past would help create big undersea bands -- stretching for miles -- of zooplankton, bait fish and other food that pollock like to eat.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2019
• Fram said zooplankton typically move toward the surface of the ocean at night.
  — Andrew Theen, OregonLive.com, 20 Aug. 2017
• And the adventurous zooplankton are not alone in the nightly commute.
  — Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2022
• From the largest whales to the smallest zooplankton, everything is eating plastic.
  — Rowan Jacobsen, Outside Online, 8 Aug. 2019
• Seabirds feed on small, cold-water fish and zooplankton — small organisms that play a vital role in marine food chains.
  — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2019
• Both seals and whales eat fish and other creatures that get their energy from tiny creatures called zooplankton, which in turn eat the algae on sea ice.
  — National Geographic, 1 Apr. 2019
• Barker had read about the tiny particles of plastic floating in the world's oceans that are being nabbed by hungry zooplankton.
  — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 10 May 2017
• For the zooplankton, eating glowing bacteria is a tricky trade-off.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2011
• There are more salt-tolerant zooplankton species now than there were before road salt was widely used.
  — Jamie Summers, Philly.com, 8 Dec. 2017
• If there are no zooplankton around, this could have a ripple effect up the food chain, especially on the fish that depend on zooplankton.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
• For example, there is evidence that the Arctic zooplankton are being replaced by more southerly, less nutritious species.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 14 Oct 2024