You go on a canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) in northern Minnesota. This ecosystem is cold most of the year and receives plenty of rainfall. It has many lakes that are full of walleye pike. You know that walleye like to eat minnows. In turn, the minnows feed on scuds (zooplankton), which eat algae (phytoplankton).
-Zooplankton are which of the following?

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Zooplankton are organisms that primarily feed on phytoplankton, making them primary consumers. They are not decomposers, producers, nor higher-level consumers such as secondary or tertiary consumers.

You Go on a Canoe Trip to the Boundary Waters