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...tty acids that are important for copepod egg production, egg hatching, and zooplankton growth and function.

...e food chain – because they feed on phytoplankton and (to a lesser extent) zooplankton, converting these into a form suitable for many larger animals for which kr ...ostly omnivorous, although a few species are carnivorous, preying on small zooplankton and fish larvae.

...ll]], though they also take small numbers of copepods. The species of this zooplankton eaten by blue whales varies from ocean to ocean.

...reas. The krill can also catch and eat copepods, amphipods and other small zooplankton. The gut forms a straight tube; its digestive efficiency is not very high a