phytoplankton

In oceanography, LiDAR is used for estimation of phytoplankton fluorescence and generally biomass in the surface layers of the ocean.

Phytoplankton in deep water get trapped there, while phytoplankton near enough to the surface to receive sunlight start to grow faster.

Dead zones form when big balloons of phytoplankton at the surface trigger large quantities of organic matter, which then sink to the bottom.

Perhaps the fact that many of the first studies considered only algae of a size that would be collected in a net (net phytoplankton).

Dead, sinking phytoplankton cells are the primary means of removing carbon from the ocean's euphotic zone near the surface.

Because sunlight is most abundant at and near the sea surface, phytoplankton remain at or near the surface.

Why would phytoplankton grow when conditions would seem to be worst?

As nutrient effluents escalated, however, dense phytoplankton blooms appeared in the surface waters.

Under certain conditions, excessive phytoplankton growth can result in an area known as a dead zone.

For the last decade, scientists have used satellite measurements of ocean color to determine the global distribution of phytoplankton. . .

When conditions are right, phytoplankton populations can grow explosively, a phenomenon known as a bloom.

Light and the presence of nutrients in the surface waters make phytoplankton growth possible.

Throughout the winter, the ocean continues to be stirred by winds and storms, and phytoplankton continue to increase in number.

Phytoplankton productivity is the base of the food web, and all life in the sea depends on it.

Phytoplankton can grow explosively over a few days or weeks.

The phytoplankton bloom is not the only source of color in the scene.

Even in ideal conditions an individual phytoplankton only lives for about a day or two.

Either way, many speculated , more phytoplankton would grow and more dead cells would be available to carry carbon into the deep ocean.

The researchers found the most notable phytoplankton declines in waters near the poles and in the tropics, as well as the open ocean.

Eventually, currents and upwelling from the depths bring the dead stuff back to the top, where it stimulates more phytoplankton growth.

Most of the carbon is returned to near-surface waters when phytoplankton are eaten or decompose, but some falls into the ocean depths.

This jellyfish-like animals known as Salps feed on small plants in the water called phytoplankton (marine algae).

Since the phytoplankton are more widely distributed, predators (zooplankton) have a harder time locating and feeding on them.

The churning water drags surface-dwelling phytoplankton into deeper waters, distributing the organisms throughout the water.

They concluded that iron-rich ash falling on waters that are otherwise poor in iron can create conditions in which phytoplankton thrive.

The nutrient enrichment of rivers and lakes stimulates the rapid growth of phytoplankton which will result in an algae bloom.

The tasty bivalves are known for removing excess phytoplankton from water and sequestering nutrients in their shells and flesh.

It also affects coral by promoting phytoplankton growth which increases the number of filter feeding organisms that compete for space.

Phytoplankton use up the nutrients available, and growth falls off until winter storms kick-start mixing.

The North Atlantic Ocean already contains plenty of iron, and these waters experience massive phytoplankton blooms every spring and summer.

Phytoplankton are most abundant (yellow, high chlorophyll) in high latitudes and in upwelling zones along the equator and near coastlines.

The experiment of enriched iron showed high concentration of iron can accelerate the uptake rate of phytoplankton on the nitrogen.

Also a simple ecosystem model is demonstrated which simulates phytoplankton fluctuation during an alga bloom.

The biodiversity of the net- phytoplankton community decreases with the increase of logarithm of the cell abundance value.

Phytoplankton growth depends on the availability of carbon dioxide, sunlight, and nutrients.

The results show that the change of COD concentration is the primary environmental factor affecting phytoplankton quantity.

Application of phytoplankton community indexes in coastal eutrophication assessment.

The process transfers to the marine high concentration of phosphate nitrogen and iron, which stimulate the growth of the phytoplankton .

Simulated results of the ecological model of phytoplankton basically correlated with the measured data.

Offshore, a phytoplankton bloom forms a bright green swirl in the ocean water, proof of the productivity that triggers the deadly eruptions.

Like their land-based relatives, phytoplankton require sunlight, water, and nutrients for growth.

The position of phytoplankton's fluorescence peak was shifted to the red light of spectrum.

Phytoplankton are responsible for most of the transfer of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to the ocean.

It stimulates a phytoplankton bloom and then an oxygen-depleted dead zone covering an area almost the size of New Jersey.

Like land plants, phytoplankton have chlorophyll to capture sunlight, and they use photosynthesis to turn it into chemical energy.

Photosynthesis by phytoplankton removes carbon dioxide from the air and produces oxygen.

In the North Pacific the predominant color is green, thanks to an abundance of minute, chlorophyll-packed plants called phytoplankton.

Phytoplankton samples can be taken directly from the water at permanent observation stations or from ships.

to minimise the impact of red tide on mariculture , this department is implementing an enhanced phytoplankton monitoring programme.

As described above, phytoplankton depend upon sunlight, water, and nutrients to survive.

Also like terrestrial plants, phytoplankton contain the pigment chlorophyll, which gives them their greenish color.

Phytoplankton has strong shading effects on plants in eutrophic lakes, and thus decreases the plants' competitive abilities.

Recent research suggests the fear that warming oceans could hamper phytoplankton growth may be real.

All phytoplankton photosynthesize, but some get additional energy by consuming other organisms.

Indeed, these primary fuels of the industrial world are nothing more than the fossilized remains of phytoplankton.

At the very base are bacteria, which support phytoplankton and cytoplankton, which support single-celled animals, which support fly larvae.

Compared to phytoplankton that have life spans measured in days, whales and large fish live for decades.

The area is an oceanic desert , filled with tiny phytoplankton but few big fish or mammals.

Killing off phytoplankton would be like removing all grass from land.

By contrast, phytoplankton are scarce in remote ocean gyres due to nutrient limitations.

Large blooms of phytoplankton occur in the summer, when strong southwesterly winds blow from the ocean toward land, mixing the water.

Researchers had previously mapped such emissions from ocean phytoplankton.

The phytoplankton biomass changed drastically and reached to peak rapidly, then dropped down again in early stage.

Scientists use these changes in ocean color to estimate chlorophyll concentration and the biomass of phytoplankton in the ocean.

The proportion of cyanobacteria in phytoplankton was increased when fish were put into the water body.

They therefore suspect the main source of food for AAPB is dissolved organic matter released by phytoplankton.

Role of filter- feeding bivalves in proliferation of phytoplankton community .

Certain species of phytoplankton produce powerful biotoxins, making them responsible for so-called "red tides, " or harmful algal blooms.

Abandoning Sverdrup's Critical Depth Hypothesis on phytoplankton blooms.

From space, differing densities of phytoplankton and algae and floating bits of plant life reveal themselves as so many blues and greens.

Photo 7 : Swarms of krill, a cornerstone of the entire Antarctic food chain, feed on phytoplankton that grows on the underside of sea ice.

There are also phytoplankton increases in coastal zones where fertiliser run-off from agricultural land is increasing nutrient supplies.

Phytoplankton are typically eaten by zooplankton - tiny marine animals - which themselves are prey for small fish and other animals.

One microscopic aquatic organism plays a major role in making life on earth possible: phytoplankton.

The rise and decline of phytoplankton were limited by sulphur, besides they have relationship with higher hydrophyte .

In other words, phytoplankton respond very rapidly to changes in their environment.

Species compostion, ecological community and distribution of phytoplankton in the waters near Tianjin were studied in detail.

The phytoplankton are the base of the main marine food chain, eaten by zooplankton, which are eaten by fish, and so on.

Phytoplankton swirled across the Arabian Sea on February 18, 2010, drawn into thin green ribbons by turbulent eddies.

In the subtropical oceans, by contrast, phytoplankton populations drop off in summer.

We have everything from whales through to microscopic phytoplankton.

This image of phytoplankton was produced by the MODIS Rapid Response System.

Some phytoplankton can fix nitrogen and can grow in areas where nitrate concentrations are low.

Zooplankton are the drifting and swimming animals first in line to eat algae and other plant life, called phytoplankton.

Some phytoplankton are bacteria, some are protists, and most are single-celled plants.

The species composition and the biomass of phytoplankton varied whenfeeded with photosynthetic bacteria in fish ponds.

Temporal and spatial variation of phytoplankton structure in the lake was studied.

Plant-like plankton, or phytoplankton, include diatoms.

Dimethylsulfide is the major sulfur compound emitted from sea, which is mainly produced from marine phytoplankton .

The waters nourish free-floating microscopic plants, called phytoplankton, and other sea life.

Different species of phytoplankton change the way the ocean reflects light in different ways.

Phytoplankton provide the basis for the whole marine food chain.

However, protozoan grazers feed well on phytoplankton in this size range.

The plant biomass, the phytoplankton, the zooplankton, it's what feeds the fish.

As shallow-water plants, phytoplankton are therefore starving to death, according to the findings.

Each type of phytoplankton and other material in the water absorbs and reflects light differently.

The variations in colour are caused by different species and concentrations of phytoplankton.

Scientists have found that a given population of phytoplankton can double its numbers on the order of once per day.

In fact, the ratio of zooplankton to phytoplankton rose 10-fold, the team reports in a paper posted online on 25 August in PloS Biology.

Researchers at Canada's Dalhousie University say the global population of phytoplankton has fallen about 40 percent since 1950.

Volcanic ash can also contribute nutrients for phytoplankton blooms.

In the equatorial upwelling zone, there is very little seasonal change in phytoplankton productivity.

Now, he's mentioning the mineral needs of phytoplankton.

Plants and other photosynthetic organisms (such as phytoplankton), which convert solar energy to food, are the primary food source.

The red zones, such as the Chesapeake Bay, are areas where phytoplankton and algae has bloomed to harmful levels.

High abundance of phytoplankton was observed outside the estuary as light condition improved because of decreasing SPM concentration.

Mostly herbivorous, feed largely on algae, periphyton and phytoplankton, but also take insect larvae or zooplankton.

Millions of deep-sea creatures, such as krill, survive on plant material called phytoplankton.

However, phytoplankton still require other nutrients, such as iron, to survive.

Many species of marine phytoplankton use HCO3-1 for photosynthesis.

Now, the zooplankton consume the phytoplankton more quickly than they can multiply, bringing an end to the spring bloom.

They put zooplankton and phytoplankton into 4-liter tubs and let them sit for 8 days.

Phytoplankton, on the other hand, contain chlorophyll for photosynthesis, which gives them a green color.

Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis and Study of a Nutrient Phytoplankton Model with a Variable Parameters

Phytoplankton and heterotrophic respiration in the surface layer of the ocean

Atmospheric Wet Deposition and Changes in Phytoplankton Biomass in the Surface Ocean

Impacts of a recurrent resuspension event and variable phytoplankton community composition on remote sensing reflectance

Project of South-to-North Water Transfer: Study of Its Influence on Phytoplankton Growth in Lower Reach of Hanjiang River

Relationship Between the Phytoplankton Abundance and Environment in the Great Wall Bay, Antarctica

Seasonal Variation in Phytoplankton Community in a Tropical Riverine Reservoir: A Case Study of Feilaixia Reservoir

Automatic Analyzer of Phytoplankton Primary Productivity and its Measurement Uncertainty

Comparison of Two Methods for Phytoplankton Chlorophyll-a Concentration Measurement

Standard Practice for Sampling Phytoplankton with a Clarke-Bumpus Plankton Sampler

Study on the Distribution of Dissolved Oxygen in Shenhu Bay and Its Relationship with Phytoplankton and Suspended Matter

Effects of large filtering zooplankton-Daphnia pulex on phytoplankton communities in a small tropical Lake

Analysis of the Chlorophyll-a Dynamics of Phytoplankton in Qiandao Lake and Its Influence Factors

The dynamics of bacterioplankton and contribution of picophytoplankton to primary production of phytoplankton in freshwater ponds

Study on the Seasonal Changes of Phytoplankton Community and Its Ecology in Futian Mangrove Reserve of Shenzhen, China

The Application of Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines in Forecast of Total Number of Phytoplankton

An Artificial Neural Network Method for Extraction of Phytoplankton Absorption Spectra from Total Particulate Absorption Spectra

Comparison of Measurement of Phytoplankton Chlorophyll-a Concentration by Spectrophotometry

Research on Characterization Analysis of Synchronous Fluorescence Spectra of Living Phytoplankton

Species composition and quantitative distribution of phytoplankton near the Jiuduansha waters of Yangtze River estuary

Size-fractionated plankton respiration and phytoplankton production rates in shrimp culture ecosystems

Relationship between bacterioplankton and phytoplankton community dynamics during late spring and early summer in Lake Taihu

Physical-biological oceanographic coupling influencing phytoplankton and primary production in the South China Sea

Phytoplankton community structure and eutrophication of reservoirs in Guangdong Province, China

Phytoplankton community composition and change in the confluence of Changjiang River and Jialing River of Chongqing

Research on fluorescence excitation and emission matrix spectra of dissolved organic matter in phytoplankton growth process

Distribution of phytoplankton and water dynamical environmental factors in high red tide occurrence area of Changjiang River estuary

Method for Determining Phytoplankton Pigments by High-performance Liquid Chromatography and Diode Array Detector

Phytoplankton and bacterial biomass and their relationship with the environmental factors in autumn and winter in the Sanya Bay, China

Distributions of chlorophyll-a and carbon fixed strength of phytoplankton in autumn of the southern Huanghai Sea waters

The characteristics of phytoplankton assemblage in Rizhao Harbor, Rizhao anchorage ground and entry ships'ballast water, China

Applications of Analytical Technology in Studying Siderophore From Marine Phytoplankton

Investigation on Phytoplankton in Xiangxi River Watershed and the Evaluation of Its Water Quality

Ecological Features of Phytoplankton from Aquaculture Ground Along Eastern Guangdong Coastal Waters

Phytoplankton in its myriad varieties is essential for life in the oceans

The distribution of phytoplankton biomass and primary productivity in the Laizhou Bay and estuary of the Weihe River in summer

Optimal Parameterization of PhytoPAM Phytoplankton Analyzer in Microalgae Photosynthesis Analysis

Eutrophication, Harmful Algal Blooms and Species Diversity in Phytoplankton Communities Examples from the Baltic Sea

Phytoplankton microstructure in fully developed oceanic turbulence

Effects of different nitrogen-phosphorus ratio on the freshwater phytoplankton growth and the variations of environmental factors

Phytoplankton Distribution and Variation in the Yangtze River Estuary and Its Adjacent Sea

Ecological characteristics of phytoplankton in waters of biological-controlling and ordinary rice fields

Phytoplankton Composition and Distribution in Typical Reservoirs of Guangdong Province

Application of ethanol-sonication methods to the determination of phytoplankton chlorophyll-a content

A Report on the Community Character of Phytoplankton in Jiangsu Section of the Yangtze River

Effects of size structure and pigment composition of algal population on phytoplankton absorption coefficients in the South China Sea

Effects of Aquatic Plant and Phytoplankton on Concentrations of Size-fractionated Iron in Algal Controlling Enclosures

Construction of a Database of Common Marine Phytoplankton in Coastal Waters of China

Phytoplankton Population Composition in Heilongjiang River System

Characteristics of inorganic nitrogen variation and their influence on phytoplankton in Funing Bay, Fujian

Influences of nitrogen and phosphorus on characteristics of coastal aquicultural water and phytoplankton

Relationship between bacterium, virus and phytoplankton and their effects to geochemical cycling in ocean

Response of Phytoplankton Communities to Acidification and Recovery in Killarney Park and the Experimental Lakes Area, Ontario

The contribution of size fractionated algae to biomass and primary production of phytoplankton in rotifer culturing ponds

Structural characteristics of phytoplankton community during harmful algae bloom in Jiaozhou Bay

Magnitude order of the effect of light, water temperature and nutrients on phytoplankton growth

Composition and Distribution of Fatty Acids for Phytoplankton in a Typical Tropical Lake

Study on the genetic diversity and its seasonal variation of phytoplankton in the Jiaozhou Bay

Multivariate analysis of phytoplankton community and environment in reservoir

Light absorption and scattering properties of phytoplankton: a theoretical modeling

Species Composition, Quantity Variation and Bio-diversities of Phytoplankton in Shrimp Culture Ponds

A multivariate analysis of variability of phytoplankton distribution in Xiamen seas during summer bloom period

Relationship between watercolor and phytoplankton

Grey Incidence-Regression Analysis of Phytoplankton and Ecological Factors in Zhelin Bay of Eastern Guangdong

Standard Practice for Sampling Phytoplankton With Depth-Integrating Samplers

Survey on the Distribution of Phytoplankton Flora in the Entrance Section of Zhangjiang River Emptying into Sea (South Branch)

Characteristics of the phytoplankton community in the southern waters of Hainan Island

Species composition and quantity variation of phytoplankton in inshore waters of the Bohai Sea

Phytoplankton communities and physical and chemical factors in different types of shrimp ponds

Contrast of nutrient limiting phytoplankton growth in the Changjiang River Estuary and the adjacent areas between summer and winter

Distribution Features of Nutrient and Phytoplankton in Incipient Three Gorges Reservoir

Measurement of the Ocean Phytoplankton Pigments Concentration by HPLC

Preliminary Study on Net-phytoplankton Community Structure and Red Tide Causative Species in Tianjin Sea Area, Bohai Sea

Increased exposure of Southern Ocean phytoplankton to ultraviolet radiation

Progress in Researches on Dynamical Processes of Phytoplankton Ecology in Maximum Turbidity Zone of Estuary

Analysis and Comparison of Phytoplankton Species Composition on Potable Waterheads in Fuzhou

A numerical investigation of the phytoplankton bloom in the Bay of Bengal during Northeast Monsoon

Temporal and spatial distribution of size-fractionized phytoplankton biomass in East China Sea and Huanghai Sea

Mechanism of Nutrient Silicon and Water Temperature Influences on Phytoplankton Growth

The succession of phytoplankton and the ecological effects of eutrophication control measures in Hangzhou West Lake

Phytoplankton community in Suzhou Creek and its role as water quality monitor

Phytoplankton Investigation and Eutrophication Assessment of Man-made Lake in Garden of Shanghai City

Study on Extraction of Photosynthetic Pigments from Phytoplankton by Organic Solvents

Study on Annual Variation of Phytoplankton Communities and Environment Factors in the Yangtze Estuary

Characteristics of Absorption Spectra of Phytoplankton

Research on Limiting Nutrients of Phytoplankton Growth Potential in Shengli Oil Field Reservoir

Change of Phytoplankton and Physicochemical Factors in Ponds of Shrimp Penaeus vannamei with Different Cultural Patterns During Late Period

Phytoplankton composition in Heilongjiang River

Study on Effects of the Air Disaster on Phytoplankton of Wetland

Deriving in situ phytoplankton absorption for bio-optical productivity models in turbid waters

Effects of fertilization on phytoplankton succession in polyhaline water ponds

Dynamics of Phytoplankton Community in Mangrove Waters in Fuding City, Fujian Province, China

Relation Between Diversity of Phytoplankton and Environmental Factors in the Jiaozhou Bay

Influence of cascaded exploitation of small hydropower on phytoplankton in Xiangxi River

Dynamics and Structure of Phytoplankton Community in Spring in a Southern Subtropical Pumped-water Reservoir

Study on Phytoplankton and Evaluation of Water Quality in Water Source Area of Middle Line Project of Transferring Water from South to North

The bacteria that decompose the phytoplankton deplete the oxygen in the water, suffocating animal life;

Species composition and biomass variation in phytoplankton in artificial reef area in Haizhou Bay

Study on nutrient limitation of phytoplankton in field experiment of Changjiang Estuary in summer

Classification for Sampling Phytoplankton in Surface Waters

Ecological characteristics of phytoplankton in coastal area of Pearl River estuary

Cluster analysis of phytoplankton communities in the Yangtze River estuary during summer

Investigation and Assessment of Nutrients and Phytoplankton Diversity in the Laizhou Bay

Seasonal succession of phytoplankton in chloride typed saline-alkaline ponds

Study on the Discrimination of Phytoplankton and Suspension with Optical Spectral

Comparison and improvement on the extraction method for chlorophyll a in phytoplankton

Phytoplankton and Water Quality of Water Source Area of the Middle Line Project of South to North Water Diversion

The relationship between continental dust and marine phytoplankton in the North Pacific

Applications of Flow Cytometer in Ecological Studies of Nano- and Pico - phytoplankton

Ecological character of phytoplankton in spring in the Yangtze River estuary and adjacent waters

The Application of Artificial Neural Network in Forecast of Growth Trends of Phytoplankton

Nutrients and Its Effects on Phytoplankton in Seawater

Dynamics of phytoplankton in the process of the aquatic macrophyte rehabilitation in Lake Yuehu, Wuhan

Studies on eutrophication and phytoplankton diversity in Hangzhou Bay

Research advance in estuarine phytoplankton ecology

Phytoplankton as indicators of environmental change

Annual Dynamic of the Phytoplankton in the Alongshore Seawaters of Beihai

In situ study on the photochemical vitality of overwintering phytoplankton

The Comparison of Species Diversity of Phytoplankton Between Spring and Autumn in Poyang Lake

The Changes in Number and Population Distribution of Phytoplankton of Nihe Reservoir

Phytoplankton Growth Response to Nutrients Addition in Typical Sea Area in Yellow Sea and East China Sea

Control of Phytoplankton Community by Marine Mesozooplankton Selective Grazing

Studies on Phytoplankton Chlorophyll-a in Saline-Alkaline Ponds with Chloride Water Type

Responses of phytoplankton growth on nutrient enrichments in the northern South China Sea

Appendix I The list of phytoplankton species, their ecological groups and red tide species

The application of diversity indices in marine phytoplankton studies

Characteristics of phytoplankton community in the Guangzhou Sea

Dynamic variation for the species of phytoplankton in Dianchi Lake, China

Daily change of primary productivity of phytoplankton in saline-alkaline ponds

Diversity of phytoplankton in the sea near Yellow River Delta

Sampling Phytoplankton with Water-Sampling Bottles

Studies on Phytoplankton of Fengshuba Reservoir and the Evaluation of Its Trophic Status

Microobservation on destruction of phytoplankton cells in ballast water treated by hydroxyl radicals

Phytoplankton biomass and high frequency of Prorocentrum donghaiense harmful algal bloom in Zhoushan sea area in spring

Analysis on the phytoplankton and water quality in eastern and western Miyun Reservoir

Effect of high density bivalve rafts cultivation on phytoplankton community

Biodiversity Study of Phytoplankton Community from Dianchi Lake Based on GIS