▁on ▁ocean ▁curr ents ▁for ▁dispers al . ▁C urr ents ▁play ▁a ▁key ▁role ▁in ▁deliver ing ▁lar val ▁organ isms ▁to ▁specific ▁settlement ▁locations , ▁where ▁they ▁are ▁able ▁to ▁transition ▁and ▁m ature ▁into ▁adult ▁forms . ▁Organ isms ▁which ▁do ▁not ▁make ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁right ▁settlement ▁site ▁are ▁unlikely ▁to ▁complete ▁their ▁lif ecycle . ▁Scient ists ▁in ▁recent ▁years ▁have ▁also ▁discovered ▁that ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁tiny ▁animals ▁in ▁the ▁pl ank ton ▁( in ▁particular ▁lar val ▁fish ▁and ▁cr ust ace ans ) ▁quickly ▁become ▁very ▁good ▁sw imm ers ▁capable ▁of ▁incred ible ▁fe ats ▁of ▁speed ▁and ▁end urance . ▁ ▁Food ▁avail ability ▁A ▁major ▁factor ▁affect ing ▁mer op l ank ton ▁surv ival ▁is ▁food ▁avail ability . ▁While ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁pl ank ton , ▁mer op l ank ton ▁either ▁feed ▁on ▁other ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁pl ank ton , ▁or ▁they ▁live ▁off ▁the ▁y olk ▁they ▁have ▁retained ▁from ▁the ▁egg ▁they ▁h atch ed ▁from . ▁Many ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁mer op l ank ton ▁community ▁rely ▁on ▁the ▁surrounding ▁pl ank ton ic ▁community ▁for ▁nut r ition . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁lar va e ▁have ▁sufficient ▁amounts ▁of ▁nut r ition , ▁many ▁species ▁coordinate ▁lar val ▁release ▁with ▁times ▁of ▁alg al ▁blo oms . ▁ ▁This ▁synchron icity ▁between ▁release ▁of ▁lar va e ▁and ▁alg al ▁blo oms ▁often ▁leads ▁to ▁Mer op l ank ton ▁making ▁up