A Salp is a barrel shaped planktonic "tunicate". It's a small organism that moves by contracting and pumping water through its body. It then strains the water through internal feeding filters, feeding on phytoplankton. Found in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica, enormous swarms of them are sometimes more abundant than krill.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
What's a Salp?
A Salp is a barrel shaped planktonic "tunicate". It's a small organism that moves by contracting and pumping water through its body. It then strains the water through internal feeding filters, feeding on phytoplankton. Found in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica, enormous swarms of them are sometimes more abundant than krill.
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