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All About Sea Ice: Phytoplankton
URL: http://nsidc.org/seaice/environment/phytoplankton.html

Description:
Fact sheet about phytoplankton, which "consist mostly of algae and bacteria and are the foundation of the marine food chain." Includes a description of phytoplankton "blooms," which "occur in the surface water each spring, when sunlight easily penetrates the water and provides the energy needed for rapid phytoplankton population growth." Accompanied by images and related links. From the National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder.

LII Topics: Algae, Aquatic Plants, Plants, Plants by Name

Publisher:
The National Snow and Ice Data Center

LII Database Information:
Record 27253 created by Jennifer English on 11/21/2008
Last modification on 01/27/2009
Published: 02/05/2009  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27253

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