Energy-Poor Plankton (IMAGE)

NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region

Energy-Poor Plankton

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Unusual warm-water copepod collected off the Oregon Coast this winter. Copepods form the foundation of the West Coast marine food chain but the lean copepods associated with warm water provide far less energy for salmon and other species that rely on them for food.

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NOAA Fisheries/Northwest Fisheries Science Center

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