Definition of Phytoplankton. Meaning of Phytoplankton. Synonyms of Phytoplankton

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Definition of Phytoplankton

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- Phytoplankton (/ˌfaɪtoʊˈplæŋktən/) are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems...
- the root of the word in the derivation. Some marine diatoms — a key phytoplankton group The amphipod Hyperia macrocephala – part of the zooplankton Plankton...
- Freshwater phytoplankton is the phytoplankton occurring in freshwater ecosystems. It can be distinguished between limnoplankton (lake phytoplankton), heleoplankton...
- A phytoplankton microbiome is the community of microorganisms—mainly bacteria, but also including fungi and viruses—that live in ****ociation with phytoplankton...
- uppermost layer of a body of water that receives sunlight, allowing phytoplankton to perform photosynthesis. It undergoes a series of physical, chemical...
- own food, while phytoplankton can. As a result, zooplankton must acquire nutrients by feeding on other organisms such as phytoplankton, which are generally...
- chlorophyll pigment, which phytoplankton use to produce carbon by photosynthesis. Chlorophyll, a green pigment, makes phytoplankton preferentially absorb the...
- Phytoplankton are characterized as organisms which are unable to swim against a current and produce their own organic carbon via photosynthesis. They...
- However, phytoplankton numbers are usually kept in check by the phytoplankton exhausting available nutrients and by grazing zooplankton. Phytoplankton consist...
- plant nutrients enter a river, lake, or ocean, and phytoplankton blooms are encouraged. While phytoplankton, through photosynthesis, will raise DO saturation...