Pelagic crustacean zooplankton had significantly higher EFA and total FA content (on average 2.6-fold and 1.6-fold, respectively) than littoral macroinvertebrates in all our study lakes. Specifically, ...

Where it lives: In the Pacific Ocean, off the west coast of North America (Alaska to Baja California, Mexico) What it eats: ...

Work in our lab focuses on the effects of temperature on pelagic copepods, some of the most abundant animals in aquatic systems. Their unique combination of ecological importance, wide distributions, ...