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What does planktivorous mean?

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  1. Consuming or eating plankton
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When planktivorous fish dominated the food web, large zooplankton were rare and nutrient enrichment produced positive values of NEP by all three methods.
Similar declines have been noted for other planktivorous species of alcids in the North Pacific, and for Cassin's Auklets in British Columbia.
The highly seasonal plankton blooms that typify the Antarctic continental shelf are paradoxical when considering the planktivorous diets of sponges.
The predatory impacts of Cercopagis pengoi, a planktivorous cladoceran were assessed by examining patterns in the distribution and population dynamics of macrozooplankton.
This concurs with Calanus selection of oceanic winter habitats below depths where planktivorous fish can forage efficiently by sight.
We used planktivorous fish to establish contrasting zooplankton communities in the two ponds.

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