Plankton is the name given to a collection of tiny sea life that lives in the ocean. These minute organisms may be small, but they have a big role to play in maintaining the health of our oceans.
The spring bloom of these microscopic algae is quickly followed by a rapid increase in zooplankton—microscopic animals that feast on the verdant phytoplankton. If you examine a sample of ...
They found that some species of grazing zooplankton, daphnia, which are an important source of food for fish, were particularly vulnerable. Phytoplankton diatoms were also severely impacted.
Microscopic plankton are at the heart of the ocean’s food chain, feeding much bigger animals like whales.However, not much is known about how single-celled phytoplankton–most of which don’t ...