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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...
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phytoplankton microbiome is the
community of microorganisms—mainly bacteria, but also
including fungi and viruses—that live in ****ociation with phytoplankton...
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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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Phytoplankton are
characterized as
organisms which are
unable to swim
against a
current and
produce their own
organic carbon via photosynthesis. They...
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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...
- connected, with them. The ocean's
primary producers,
mainly contained in
phytoplanktons,
produce food
energy and biom****
photosynthetically from
sunlight and...
- filter-feeding
aquatic animal species that
specialize in
feeding on
algae and
phytoplanktons.
Algae eaters are
important for the
fishkeeping hobby and many are commonly...
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indicated that at
ongoing rates of
seawater acidification,
Antarctic phytoplanktons could become smaller and less
effective at
storing carbon before 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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uppermost layer of a body of
water that
receives sunlight,
allowing phytoplankton to
perform photosynthesis. It
undergoes a
series of physical, chemical...
