These larvae grow into fish that are eaten by animals higher up the food web, such as sharks, birds and humans. Planktonic krill, a shrimp-like crustacean up to 5cm in size, make up most of the ...

Such larvae often have morphological, physiological, and behavioural specializations for their planktonic lives, which are followed by a dramatic and catastrophic metamorphosis to the adult habitat ...

FEEDING: Adult hitch are open-water feeders that almost exclusively eat Daphnia — small, planktonic crustaceans known as “water fleas.” Juveniles feed primarily on the larvae and pupae of chironomid ...

One significant area of research has been the response of sea urchin larvae to environmental stimuli, particularly light. A study demonstrated that planktonic sea urchin larvae can change their ...