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Yes they do. They have special adaptations to consume phytoplankton called diatoms. Their teeth are capped with silica which is the only thing strong enough to crush the diatom’s frustule shell. They consume diatoms so regularly that you can predict where copepods can be found in the coean based on where you would find thriving blooms of diatoms.
