Death--Not Just Life--Important Link in Marine Ecosystems

Death--Not Just Life--Important Link in Marine Ecosystems
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:00:00 -0500

Tiny crustaceans called copepods rule the world, at least when it comes to oceans and estuaries.

The most numerous multi-cellular organisms in the seas, copepods are an important link between phytoplankton and fish in marine food webs.

To understand and predict how copepods respond to environmental change, scientists need to know not only how many new copepods are born, but how many are dying, say biological oceanographers David Elliott of the University of Maryland Center for ...

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