For example, the diversity of zooplankton is immeasurable.

例如，浮游动物的多样性估量的。

Zooplankton live in the twilight zone.

浮游动物生活微光区。

Despite their colossal size, they feed on tiny creatures such as krill and zooplankton.

它们虽然体型庞大，但却以磷虾和浮游动物等微小生物食。

Yes, the zooplankton – tiny little animals in the sea – mistake the microplastics for food and eat them.

的，浮游动物，即海洋里微小的动物，错把塑胶微粒当作食物吃掉。

Much of the rest is unattached algae, known as phytoplankton, and tiny animals, known as zooplankton.

而其它大多数独立生的海藻，被称浮游植物，还有被称浮游动物的小动物。

So first, you really need to appreciate how tiny zooplankton are.

所以首先，你要需要意识到浮游动物有多小。

Algae need light, so must live near the surface—as must the zooplankton and other animals that need the phytoplankton.

海藻需要光线，所以必须生活接近海面的区域—还有需要浮游植物的浮游动物和其它动物也同样如此。

For instance, scientists studying zooplankton in the Arctic saw that during the long, dark winter months, zooplankton responded to moonlight instead.

例如，研究北极浮游动物的科学家发现，黑暗的冬季，浮游动物反而对月光有反应。

Creatures like zooplankton don't even have what you would consider to be ears.

像浮游动物这样的生物甚至没有你认耳朵的东西。

Zooplankton – microscopic animals such  as protozoa that feed upon phytoplankton.

浮游动物 – 以浮游植物食的微小动物，例如原生动物。

Other species that rely on zooplankton is food remain in good health.

其他依靠浮游动物食物的物种仍保持良好的健康状况。

There were many fish such as salmon that feed on the zooplankton.

有许多鱼类，例如鲑鱼，以浮游动物食。

And there were many birds that eat those fish that feed on zooplankton.

而且有很多鸟吃那些以浮游动物食的鱼。

Lastly, most researchers agree that warmer water temperature affected the quality of the zooplankton, the auklets' food source.

最后， 大多数研究人员都认， 较高的水温会影响浮游动物的质量，浮游动物 auklets 的食物来源。

17. At night, when the Sun no longer illuminates shallower water, zooplankton head back toward the surface.

晚上，当太阳再照耀浅层水域，浮游动物重回水的表面。

Lastly, most researchers agree that warmer water temperature affected the quality of the zooplankton, the Auckland food source.

最后，大多数研究人员一致认，水温升高影响了奥克兰食物来源浮游动物的质量。

Other species that rely on zooplankton as food remained in good health throughout the period the auklets were dying.

其他依赖浮游动物作食物的物种 Auklets 死亡的整个期间都保持着良好的健康状况。

For over a century now, researchers have been trying to solve a mystery about zooplankton.

一百多年以来，研究者一直尝试解开浮游动物的谜团。

16. Zooplankton tend to swim away from sunlight into deeper water where the Sun's rays barely penetrate.

浮游动物倾向于远离阳光游向太阳光几乎照到的深层水域。

Researchers found that zooplankton move up and down in the water by as much as 200 feet just from clouds passing overhead.

研究人员发现，浮游动物水中上下移动的距离相当于从我们头顶 200 英尺的地方掠过的云层。