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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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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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marine diatoms — a key
phytoplankton group The
amphipod Hyperia macrocephala – part of the
zooplankton Plankton...
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Marine phytoplankton are
characterized as
organisms which are
unable to swim
against a
current and
produce their own
organic carbon via photosynthesis...
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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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currents in seas,
lakes or rivers.
Zooplankton can be
contrasted with
phytoplankton,
which are the
plant (or autotrophic)
component of the
plankton community...
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strains the
pumped water through its
internal feeding filters,
feeding on
phytoplankton.
Salps are
common in equatorial, temperate, and cold seas,
where they...
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microscopic organisms called phytoplankton. It has been
estimated that half of the world's
oxygen is
produced by
phytoplankton.
Larger autotrophs, such as...
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chlorophyll pigment,
which phytoplankton use to
produce carbon by photosynthesis. Chlorophyll, a
green pigment,
makes phytoplankton preferentially absorb the...