print email comment close 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. 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