MUSKEGON, Mich. — In a drop of freshwater from Lake Michigan lives algae and zooplankton, the foundation of the Great Lakes food chain, essential to the functioning of its multi-billion dollar fishery ...

Feeding on phytoplankton, zooplankton constitute the second link in the marine food chain and serve as a primary food source for fish larvae and many other marine organisms. Considered key biological ...

Marine zooplankton are tiny animals, roughly the size of insects you might see on a summer day, that drift with ocean currents. Many of them are lovely, but except for scientists who study them, few ...