For example, the diversity of zooplankton is immeasurable.

例如，浮游动物的多样性是不可估量的。

They're part of a diverse team of gelatinous zooplankton, zooplankton being animals that drift in the ocean.

它们是" 凝胶状浮游生物" 这个大家族的一份子，浮游生物指的是海洋中漂浮的动物。

Productive areas attract zooplankton, and that in turn attracts fish.

这些多产地区能够吸引浮游生物，并反之吸引鱼类。

Here, your light-sensitive eyes take in a buffet of small crustaceans and gelatinous zooplankton.

这里，你那双对光敏感的眼睛看到的是充满小型浮游生物和胶状浮游生物的大餐。

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为食。

Polyps look a bit like underwater flowers, using their tentacles to catch and eat zooplankton.

珊瑚虫看起来有点像水中花，它们用触手来捕食浮游生物。

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

而其它大多数是独立生长的海藻，被称为浮游植物，还有被称为浮游动物的小动物。

In a 2017 study out of Sweden, researchers exposed a zooplankton called Daphnia magna to a bunch of plastic nanoparticles.

在2017年瑞典的一项研究中，研究人员将一种水蚤暴露在塑料纳米颗粒中。

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

是的，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。

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，所以必须生活在接近海面的区域—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，在漫长黑暗的冬季，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为是耳朵的东西。

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

其他依靠浮游动物为食物的物种仍保持良好的健康状况。

25. And that some zooplankton are bioluminescent?

并且有些浮游动物是发光的？

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

有许多鱼类，例如鲑鱼，以浮游动物为食。

30. Some researchers suggest that zooplankton migrate to avoid the Sun's ultraviolet light.

有些研究者认为浮游动物迁徙来躲避太阳的紫外线。

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为，水温升高影响了奥克兰食物来源浮游动物的质量。

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，浮游动物在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。

32. And we know that some zooplankton have special pigments that protect them from the damage ultraviolet light can cause.

而且我们知道有些浮游动物有些特别的色素来保护它们免受紫外线的伤害。