Assertion: planktonic copepod | /r/CapableOf | provide important links
Facets:
value: ecologically
type: MANNER
value: in the aquatic food chain
type: LOCATION
value: functionally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Ecologically the planktonic copepods provide functionally important links in the aquatic food chain feeding on the microscopic algal cells of the phytoplankton and, in turn, being eaten by juvenile fish and other planktivores, including some whales.