Plankton, Swedish west coast

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Plankton (singular plankter) are a diverse group of organisms that live in the water column of large bodies of water and that cannot swim against a current.[1] They provide a crucial source of food to many large aquatic organisms, such as fish and whales. These organisms include drifting bacteria, archaea, algae, protozoa and animals that inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. Essentially, plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than any phylogenetic or taxonomic classification. Though many planktonic species are microscopic in size, plankton includes organisms covering a wide range of sizes, including large organisms such as jellyfish

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Location: Sweden, Halland
Photo credit: © Martin Almqvist / Alamy / Afripics
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