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iii) Plankton:


This group includes both microscopic plants like algae (phytoplankton) and animals like crustaceans and protozoans (zooplankton) found in all aquatic ecosystems, except certain swift moving waters.

The locomotory power of the planktons is limited so that their distribution is controlled, largely, by currents in the aquatic ecosystems.