The microscopic organisms at the base of the marine food chain are known as plankton.
Plankton are mostly microscopic animals and plants found drifting or floating I he ocean or in large bodies of fresh water , consumed as food by almost all aquatic animals.
Plankton which are more plant-like are referred to as phytoplankton, while plankton which more animal - like are referred to as zooplankton. However many plankton species are neither animal nor plant, rather they are organisms belonging to the kingdom Protista.
Examples of phytoplankton include diatoms, coccolithophores and dinoflagellates. These are the most common phytoplankton.
Zooplanktons include jellyfish, Portuguese Man o' War, copepods and isopods.
