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Phytoplankton bloom
What causes algae blooms?
Learn how phytoplankton supply oxygen via photosynthesis and serve as the first link in the marine food chain
The importance of Wadden Sea tidal flats for migrating birds
Diatoms and other phytoplankton form the foundations of ocean food chains. Shrimplike krill consume the phytoplankton, and small fishes eat the krill. At the top of the food chain, dining on these smaller fishes, are larger, predatory fishes.
Investigate various types of phytoplankton, their anatomies, and their means of photosynthesis
Take an in-depth look at the variety of plankton, from diatoms and microflagellates to jellyfish
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What causes algae blooms?
Algae blooms can make lakes and oceans look like abstract paintings.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Learn how phytoplankton supply oxygen via photosynthesis and serve as the first link in the marine food chain
Learn about phytoplankton's role as the oxygen-producing foundation of many marine...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
The importance of Wadden Sea tidal flats for migrating birds
The tidal flats of the Wadden Sea have a rich supply of phytoplankton, which helps...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Wirestock/Dreamstime.com
Investigate various types of phytoplankton, their anatomies, and their means of photosynthesis
Learn about phytoplankton, plantlike types of microscopic algae that live suspended...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Take an in-depth look at the variety of plankton, from diatoms and microflagellates to jellyfish
Learn about plankton, microscopic life-forms that drift in ocean currents and form...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Phytoplankton bloom
A summertime bloom of oceanic phytoplankton near the Río de la Plata estuary of South...
Earth Observatory/NASA
Diatoms and other phytoplankton form the foundations of ocean food chains. Shrimplike...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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