According to the University of Rhode Island's research on zooplankton, they may be forced to enter high predator areas. Since zooplankton are at the bottom of the food chain, their importance is unmeasurable.
They usually go into the deeper waters during the day where their predators can not reach them due to the low oxygen levels. At night they rise up to get their necessary nutrition. Global warming is enlarging the low oxygen water area making the normal oxygen water smaller. With less room, the zooplankton population may decrease because of the difficulty of dodging predators.
If less zooplankton are present in the aquatic environment, it will negatively affect the entire food chain.
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