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Tiny marine organism stressed by warmer Arctic waters
- March 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Some of the smallest marine species are actually the most important because all other life depends on them. Phytoplankton are probably the most important, but just above them in the food chain are zooplankton. In Norway's cold Atlantic waters, the zooplankton in question is generally a small copepod called Calanus finmarchicus.
Originally published at Phys.org