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Phytoplankton

Phytoplankton. Phyto = plant Plankton = drifter Phytoplankton are single-celled microscopic plants which drift in the ocean. Photosynthesis. 6H 2 O + 6CO 2 ----------> C 6 H 12 O 6 + 6O 2. 4 Major Groups. Diatoms Dinoflagellates Coccolithophores Flagellates. DIATOMS.

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Phytoplankton

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  1. Phytoplankton Phyto = plant Plankton = drifter Phytoplankton are single-celled microscopic plants which drift in the ocean

  2. Photosynthesis 6H2O + 6CO2 ----------> C6H12O6+ 6O2

  3. 4 Major Groups Diatoms Dinoflagellates Coccolithophores Flagellates

  4. DIATOMS

  5. van Egmond, Wim. Art Deco Diatoms, http://www1.tip.nl/~t936927/art_deco.html

  6. http://hjs.geol.uib.no/diatoms/Marbles/index.html-ssi

  7. Emiliania huxleyi bloom off Newfoundland, 21 July 1999, SeaWiFS image.

  8. Zooplankton “Animal drifters” 2 Categories Holoplankton Meroplankton

  9. Portugese Man-of-War

  10. Salp

  11. Pteropod

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