FIGURE 3-3. A PLANKTON SAMPLE WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEROPLANKTON. 

 (NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE) 



ZOOPLANKTON 



A DRIFTING COMMUNITY OF FEEBLY 

 SWIMMING ANIMALS FEEDING ON 

 PHYTOPLANKTON AND BEING EATEN, 

 IN TURN, BY THE NEKTON. 



ustrations by J. Recknagel 

 (NAVOCEANO) 



MEROPLANKTON 



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LARVAL BOTTOM FAUNA, TEM- 

 PORARILY ZOOPLANKTON, GO 

 BACK TO THE SEA FLOOR FOR 

 THEIR ADULT UFE. 



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