What are Copepods? They’re tiny, ungainly crustaceans. Often barely visible to us, they aren’t on anyone’s must see list. But they’re everywhere in the oceans, and one of the foundations of the web of life in the sea. Appreciate them. NOBODY GOES DIVING TO LOOK AT COPEPODS, AND IF THEY DO SEE THEM THEY’RE LIKELY TO BE GROSSED OUT. Generically, they’re just tiny crustaceans, mostly almost invisible, vaguely similar to shrimps and crabs, that happen
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This is a video sidebar to a longer feature on “How Fish Feed.” Two minutes in length, it shows four types of fish bottomfeeding techniques to find and capture small crustaceans, mollusks and other invertebrates buried in the sand flats surrounding reefs. WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT LOAN SHARKS AND SHADY LAWYERS, “bottom-feeding” is a disparaging term. But for lots of fish and other reef denizens, it’s a productive way of life. We may see a
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