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@DrPlanktonguy@ecoevo.social
2025-08-02 14:00:34

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
Plankton have #parasites, just like any other organism, but in some cases, this leads to improved feeding conditions. #Daphnia zooplankton must often feed on freshwater cy…

image/jpeg microscope photo of long strands of brown-red algae with puffy globular growths on it.
Planktothrix rubescens with chytrid infection.
https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/project/integrating-fungal-parasites-plankton-ecology

image/jpeg microscope photograph of two transparent crustacean zooplankton with bright green guts are shown top and bottom. Photo of Daphnia dentifera from Meghan Duffy.