If the pinkish-red color appears somewhat intimidating, it's with good reason. Steichen warns this type of phytoplankton does not produce toxins. However, they can have high concentrations of ammonia ...

The presence of microplastics in marine environments disrupts carbon cycles and contributes to climate change, affecting ...

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 ...

Variations in nutrients favored the potential predominance of dinoflagellates. Modified Clay effectively reduced nutrient contents and regulated the phytoplankton community. The variations in ...

Aquatic environments in the tropics comprise areas of high biodiversity (Jablonski et al., 2006) and primary productivity (Behrenfeld et al., 2006). Large environmental gradients occur over short ...

and dinoflagellates. To borrow and mangle a quote from one of my favorite movie characters — Annie Savoy in Bull Durham — if you have three phytoplankton, they can’t do much. But if you have 300 ...

Phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms in the ocean, are incredibly important for life on Earth. They're a major food source for many sea creatures and produce almost half the oxygen we breathe.

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