Resource Type
Article
Region
Arctic
Grade
High school and Up
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The Research Council of Norway - News
Author(s)
The Research Council of Norway
Topic
Life Science
Organisms and Their Environments

In parts of the northern Arctic region, the delicate balance of the food chain depends heavily on the diminutive copepod Calanus glacialis. This herbivorous Arctic zooplankton species is specially adapted to melting sea ice and the blooming of a few small algal species.

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