Editing Plankton (section)

===Geoplankton===
{{see also|Geoplankton}}

Many animals live in terrestrial environments by thriving in transient often microscopic bodies of water and moisture, these include [[rotifer]]s and [[gastrotrich]]s which lay resilient eggs capable of surviving years in dry environments, and some of which can go dormant themselves. Nematodes are usually microscopic with this lifestyle. Water bears, despite only having lifespans of a few months, famously can enter suspended animation during dry or hostile conditions and survive for decades. This allows them to be ubiquitous in terrestrial environments despite needing water to grow and reproduce. Many microscopic crustacean groups like [[copepod]]s and [[Amphipoda|amphipods]] (of which [[Talitridae|sandhoppers]] are members) and [[Ostracod|seed shrimp]] are known to go dormant when dry and live in transient bodies of water too<ref name=":0" />