Other
Other zooplankton that can be found in a sample include:
- Fish eggs (image 1 & 2).
- Fish larvae (image 3 & 4).
- Juvenile fish (image 5).
- Other eggs (polychaete etc) (image 6).
- Platyhelminthes (parasitic flatworms) (image 7).
- Juvenile cephalopods (octopus). (image 8)
There are many other items that can occur within a planktonic sample, including:
- Phytoplankton (plant plankton).
- Bacteria-generally associated with marine snow.
- Faeces of various zooplankton species (faecal pellets).
- Marine snow (natural remnants of the decomposition of dead organisms).
- River-borne or air-borne particles that end up in the sea (human-mediated material, pollen, plant seeds, dead insects etc).