Plankton is an important source of food for larger animals. Phytoplankton is the first link in the food chain. They are known as primary producers because they produce the first forms of food. Zooplankton and other small animals that graze on the phytoplankton are known as primary consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Plankton is an important source of food for larger animals. Phytoplankton is the first link in the food chain. They are known as primary producers because they produce the first forms of food. Zooplankton and other small animals that graze on the phytoplankton are known as primary consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[370],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n