Plankton In The Ocean
Phytoplankton live in the surface waters of the ocean where there is usually ample light for phytoplankton to grow in the surface waters and carbon dioxide dissolved in oceans is freely available. They are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web produce half the worlds oxygen. Plankton National Geographic Society Katherina Petrou Daniel Nielsen University of Technology Sydney. Plankton in the ocean . Phytoplankton ˌfaɪtoʊˈplæŋktən are the autotrophic self-feeding components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems. Marine plankton found in all ocean ecosystem s play a critical role in maintaining the health and balance of the ocean and its complex food web s. A recent study from researchers at Stanford University shows that the growth rate of a type of plankton called phytoplankton in the Arctic Ocean has increased 57 percent between 1998 and 2018 with. Like land plants phytoplankton have chlorophyll to capture sunlight and they.