Question

what is zooplankton ??

Answer 1

plankton consisting of small animals and immature stages of larger animals

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Zooplankton play a vital role in food web of the food chain, nutrient recycling, and in transfer of organic matter from primary producers to secondary consumers like fishes.

They are more abundant within mangrove water - ways than in adjacent coastal waters, and a large proportion of the juvenile fish of mangrove habitat are zooplanktivorous.

The zooplankton determine the quantum of fish stock. Hence, zooplankton communities, based on their quality and species diversity, are used for assessing the productivity fishery resource, fertility and health status of the ecosystem.

Tiny flagellates, gaint jellyfish.