Question

Suggest and explain what will happen to the population of
zooplankton in March and April.

Answer 1

As temperatures increase, zooplankton reproductive rates will increase, reducing the delay between phyto- and zooplankton blooms. If phytoplankton become more tightly “coupled” to zooplankton, inputs to the benthos may be altered, modifying energy flow within estuarine and coastal food webs.