Assertion: copepod | /r/HasProperty | buoyant
Facets:
value: neutrally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Strickler (1982) argues that the negative buoyancy of copepods allows the beating feeding appendages to produce a feeding current (had the copepod been neutrally buoyant, it would rather be propelled through the water), and that this is important for remote chemical detection of prey.