Copepods (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Copepods

Caption

Among the organisms studied within the experimental tanks were small freshwater copepods (a type of zooplankton), which play key roles in the regulation of aquatic food webs.

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Scott Morton, Shurin Lab, UC San Diego

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