A fluorescence microscopy image of phytoplankton including chain-forming diatoms and many large dinoflagellates. The different colors indicate different components of the cells including the cell ...

Interannual changes in river discharge influenced whether phytoplankton assemblages were dominated by diatoms and phototrophic flagellates or by mixotrophic and heterotrophic dinoflagellates.

A singular scene from last year’s red tide event in the Gulf of Mexico sticks in the memory of phytoplankton ecologist Vincent ... reddish cloud of millions of microscopic organisms called ...

The two most prominent types of plankton in the ocean are zooplankton, which are tiny animal organisms, and phytoplankton, which are plantlike. (Other forms of plankton include bacterial and fungal.

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Rather than the flexible, X-shaped chromosomes familiar to humans, dinoflagellates organize their genetic material in orderly blocks along rigid, ...

Without a physical sample, it’s not yet possible to identify the types of phytoplankton present in this image. Studies show that diatoms and dinoflagellates tend to be present here in the ...

Algae such as diatoms along with dinoflagellates and cyanobacteria ... He explained that though phytoplankton is the foundation of the marine food chain, its unchecked growth, often triggered ...