“Tropical fish haunt its few coral reefs, and whale sharks and giant Pacific manta rays feed on its plankton.”

“No plankton means no basking sharks or manta rays but it also means exceedingly good visibility.”

“Plants and animals arrive as plankton, nekton, fouling organisms, and benthos.”

“Alosa pseudoharengus is now the most abundant planktivore in Lake Ontario and it is the main prey of salmonoids stocked into the great lakes.”

“The study of plankton is termed planktology and a planktonic individual is referred to as a plankter.”

“Mnemiopsis mccradyi is a common coastal plankter in the Gulf of Mexico.”

“Gordon said these salps eat the tiniest planktons in the sea, including bacteria to survive and exist.”