animal plankton
121lake — lake1 /layk/, n. 1. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. 2. any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil. 3. (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.) [bef. 1000; ME lak(e) …
122Coral reef fish — The fish that inhabit coral reefs are numerous and diverse. Coral reef fish are fish which live amongst or in close relation to coral reefs. Coral reefs form complex ecosystems with tremendous biodiversity. Among the myriad inhabitants, the fish… …
123Oceanic physical-biological process — Sea water is 827 times denser than air Due to the higher density of sea water (1,030 kg m 3) than air (1.2 kg m 3), the force exerted by the same velocity on an organism is 827 times stronger in the ocean. When waves crash on the shore …
124Food chain — Food chains, also called, food networks and/or trophic networks, describe the feeding relationships between species within an ecosystem. Organisms are connected to the organisms they consume by arrows representing the direction of biomass or… …
125Seabird — This article is about the animal. For the alternative rock band of the same name, see Seabird (band). The Sooty Tern is highly aerial and marine and will spend months flying at sea, returning to land only for breeding.[1] Seabirds (also known as… …
126Copepod — Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent …
127Sandworm (Dune) — The sandworm is a fictional form of desert dwelling creature from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. They first appear in the 1965 novel Dune , considered to be among the classics in the science fiction genre, cite web | title = SCI FI… …
128Filter feeder — [ left|thumb|200px|Krill feeding under high phytoplankton concentration (slowed down by a factor of 12).] Filter feeders (also known as suspension feeders) are animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water,… …
