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Known prey organisms

Pseudocalanus (smaller copepods (e.g., Pseudocalanus)) preys on:
detritus
phytoplankton
saprophagous plankton
microflagellates and perhaps bacteria
Dinoflagellata
Bacillariophyta
ciliates and nauplii

Based on studies in:
unknown: Black Sea (Marine)
unknown (Marine, Pelagic)

This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.

T. S. Petipa, E. V. Pavlova, G. N. Mironov, The food web structure, utilization transport of energy by trophic levels in the planktonic communities. In: Marine Food Chains, J. H. Steele, Ed. (Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1970), 142-167, from p. 154.
T. S. Petipa, E. V. Pavlova, G. N. Mironov, The food web structure, utilization transport of energy by trophic levels in the planktonic communities. In: Marine Food Chains, J. H. Steele, Ed. (Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1970), 142-167 from p. 155.
M. R. Landry, A review of important concepts in the trophic organization of pelagic ecosystems, Helgolander wiss. Meeresunters. 30:8-17, from p. 12 (1977).

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