Coral reefs present a treacherous wall of mouths to flea-sized planktonic crustaceans, but the clamor generated by animals on the reef may act like a foghorn to warn them away from danger.

ponds around the world, tiny creatures known as Daphnia play an essential role in freshwater ecology. Daphnia, a type of planktonic crustacean, are the primary consumers of algae and are an ...

Hosts and their parasites are in constant competition. Through genetic diversity, the host can change in such a way that ...

Flourishing in spectacular numbers in lakes and ponds around the world, tiny creatures known as Daphnia play an essential role in freshwater ecology. Daphnia, a type of planktonic crustacean, are ...

Mysids are tiny, clear planktonic crustaceans that live together by the hundreds in cloud-like structures. Using the damselfish as a kind of fence or a security system for their area, the mysids that ...

One suspect in the disappearance of cod and other groundfish is the food source for their young: a planktonic copepod crustacean, no larger than a grain of rice. Researchers at the University of ...

Velella velella feed on on planktonic crustaceans using their tentacles, but they are not dangerous to humans, the National Park Service said.

EXPERIMENTAL investigations1,2 have shown that pH has an influence on the vertical migration of planktonic crustaceans. In particular it has been demonstrated that tactic responses at a pH of 9.0 ...

Scientifically known as Macrohectopus branickii, the shrimp-like crustaceans are the world's only freshwater amphipod with a planktonic (free-floating) lifestyle.

Kidnapper Crustaceans Use Tiny Mollusks as Unwitting Shields Amphipods wear the so-called sea angels, which secrete chemicals that keep certain predators at bay, like backpacks ...

Pleistocene-driven diversification in freshwater zooplankton: Genetic patterns of refugial isolation and postglacial recolonization in Leptodora kindtii (Crustacea, Cladocera) ...