Ocean-wide comparisons of mesopelagic planktonic community …
2023年8月18日 · In this study, we explored mesopelagic pico-plankton ecological structuring and concluded that this component of oceanic plankton is heterogeneous with respect to environmental conditions.
Plankton are the backbone of the ocean — and are in trouble
2024年11月13日 · They drift aimlessly at sea, soaking up sunlight from the sky and nutrients from the deep. Often invisible to the naked eye, these tiny invertebrates form the hidden backbone of ocean ecosystems ...
Large-scale ocean connectivity and planktonic body size
2018年1月10日 · Global patterns of planktonic diversity are mainly determined by the dispersal of propagules with ocean currents. However, the role that abundance and body size play in determining spatial ...
BBC One - Planet Earth III - Plankton: An unseen universe
Phytoplankton (minute plant-like organisms) produce half of the oxygen on earth by photosynthesis, like plants and trees on land do. Zooplankton (very tiny animals) form the basis of the food ...
Plankton | Definition, Characteristics, Types, Diet, Size, & Facts ...
2024年11月13日 · Plankton, marine and freshwater organisms that, because they are nonmotile or too small or weak to swim against the current, exist in a drifting state. Plankton is the productive base of both marine and freshwater ecosystems, providing food …
Phytoplankton biodiversity and the inverted paradox
2021年10月6日 · Earth’s aquatic food webs are overwhelmingly supported by planktonic microalgae that live in the sunlit water column where only a minimum number of physical niches are readily identifiable.
Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean | Science - AAAS
2015年5月22日 · A low-shear, nonintrusive peristaltic pump and plankton nets of various mesh sizes were used on board Tara to sample and concentrate appropriate volumes of seawater to theoretically recover complete local eukaryotic biodiversity from four major organismal size fractions: piconanoplankton (0.8 to 5 μm), nanoplankton (5 to 20 μm), microplankton ...
In the Darkness, Thousands of Tiny Creatures Thrive - National …
2017年6月20日 · Photographer Ryo Minemizu illuminates ocean waters to reveal the secret underwater world of plankton. By Alexa Keefe. June 21, 2017. • 2 min read. Enter the ocean and you are likely to be...
What are plankton? - NOAA's National Ocean Service
Plankton are marine drifters — organisms carried along by tides and currents. Phytoplankton blooms in the Barents Sea, shown in natural color from NASA's Aqua satellite on July 10, 2014. The solid white area in the top right corner is cloud cover.
Plankton, explained - National Geographic
Plankton are a collection of tiny organisms that live at and beneath the surface of lakes, rivers, ponds, and oceans across the planet. They’re named for the Greek word planktos, meaning to...