Scientists expect that "if A23a spends an extended time in the vortex, the iceberg could melt significantly and affect plankton and other organisms in the marine food chain." Eventually ...

A vortex is formed from this constant spinning mass, sucking in surrounding plankton that feeds all fish at the top and bottom of the column. Such a display, however, also attracts a range of ...

That vortex will, in fact ... That is a dead copepod, a type of marine plankton, and it's filled with parasites erratically swimming about. They gruesomely make their way into the plankton ...