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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...
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Freshwater phytoplankton is the
phytoplankton occurring in
freshwater ecosystems. It can be
distinguished between limnoplankton (lake
phytoplankton), heleoplankton...
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which are
algal bloom events involving toxic or
otherwise harmful phytoplankton. Many
species can
cause harmful algal blooms. For example, Gymnodinium...
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uppermost layer of a body of
water that
receives sunlight,
allowing phytoplankton to
perform photosynthesis. It
undergoes a
series of physical, chemical...
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chlorophyll pigment,
which phytoplankton use to
produce carbon by photosynthesis. Chlorophyll, a
green pigment,
makes phytoplankton preferentially absorb the...
- own food,
while phytoplankton can. As a result,
zooplankton must
acquire nutrients by
feeding on
other organisms such as
phytoplankton,
which are generally...
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Phytoplankton are
characterized as
organisms which are
unable to swim
against a
current and
produce their own
organic carbon via photosynthesis. They...
- iron sulfate) to iron-poor
areas of the
ocean surface to
stimulate phytoplankton production. This is
intended to
enhance biological productivity and/or...
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organisms known as
phytoplankton. The
second trophic level (primary consumers) is
occupied by
zooplankton which feed off the
phytoplankton.
Higher order consumers...
