The extraordinary productivity of the copepod is capitalised on by juvenile flatfish such as the sand flounder (above), the yellow--bellied flounder and the New Zealand sole. During their first six months of life on the bottom, the postage stamp-sized flatfish feed on essentially nothing but the copepod, but later grow too large to eat the tiny crustaceans and switch to larger prey such as crabs and worms. Artist: Vivan Ward _
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Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 3, 1 August 1986, Unnumbered Page
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70The extraordinary productivity of the copepod is capitalised on by juvenile flatfish such as the sand flounder (above), the yellow-bellied flounder and the New Zealand sole. During their first six months of life on the bottom, the postage stamp-sized flatfish feed on essentially nothing but the copepod, but later grow too large to eat the tiny crustaceans and switch to larger prey such as crabs and worms. Artist: Vivan Ward _ Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 3, 1 August 1986, Unnumbered Page
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