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• When silica is in low supply other classes of algae dominate the phytoplankton composition.2002, V.N. Bashkin, Robert W. Howarth, Modern Biogeochemistry, →ISBN, page 151. From the entry low
• Addition of iron to surface waters in these areas induces massive phytoplankton blooms dominated primarily by pennate diatoms.2008 November 26, Adrian Marchetti et al., “Ferritin is used for iron storage in bloom-forming marine pennate diatoms”, in Nature, volume…. From the entry pennate
• Light is absorbed in water by four components: water itself, dissolved yellow substances (gelbstoff), phytoplankton, and tripton (inanimate particulate material).1996, Steven W. Effler, Mary Gail Perkins, “Optics”, in Steven W. Effler, editor, Limnological and Engineering Analysis of a Polluted…. From the entry gelbstoff
• However, mysids, phytoplankton, amphipods, small fish, muddwelling tunicates, and vegetation have been obtained from bowhead stomachs during fall migration.1980, Prudhoe Bay Project: Final Environmental Impact Statement. From the entry muddwelling
• Many ecologists have shown that different bivalve species modify sediment properties, phytoplankton, bacterial communities and microphytobenthic biomass differently which were associated with their feeding ecologies.2015 August 12, “Trophic Dynamics of Filter Feeding Bivalves in the Yangtze Estuarine Intertidal Marsh: Stable Isotope and Fatty Acid…. From the entry microphytobenthic
• Washout, especially in continuously- and intermittently-flushed systems, sedimentation of disentrained cells and grazing by filter feeders can each account for major losses of phytoplankton biomass.1997, Colin S. Reynolds, Otto Kinne, Vegetation processes in the pelagic: a model for ecosystem theory. From the entry disentrained
• We confirm here that isolated natural marine fulvics and marine fulvics synthesized in the laboratory affect the bioavailability of trace metals to marine phytoplankton.1983, Environmental Research Laboratories Publication Abstracts, page 49. From the entry fulvic
• By the time the Mississippi enters the gulf, its current has been transformed into a conduit for chemical nutrients, and this enriched current stimulates massive blooms of phytoplanktons.2014, Chris Maser, Interactions of Land, Ocean and Humans: A Global Perspective, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 118. From the entry dead zone
• The concurrent "Atlantification" of the seasonal ice-cover zone may result in an expansion of Atlantic species northwards and significant changes in biomass, seasonal variation and spatial distribution of phytoplankton.2005, C. A. Brebbia, Air Pollution Thirteen, page 108. From the entry atlantification
• The fantastic flame scallops, Lima spp. are filter feeding clams that subsist, as most clams do, by feeding on bacteria, phytoplankton, dissolved organic material, and detritus in the water.2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 87. From the entry flame scallop

Meaning of phytoplankton

1. noun Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis.

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How do you use phytoplankton in a sentence?

Phytoplankton is used as a noun. For example: “When silica is in low supply other classes of algae dominate the phytoplankton composition.”

What is a short sentence with phytoplankton?

“When silica is in low supply other classes of algae dominate the phytoplankton composition.”

What does phytoplankton mean?

Phytoplankton means plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis.