print email comment close What Are Phytoplankton? URL: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Phytoplankton/ Description: Questions and answers about phytoplankton, which "are microscopic plants that live in the ocean. ... Collectively, phytoplankton grow abundantly in oceans around the world and are the foundation of the marine food chain." Topics include the life and death of phytoplankton, how phytoplankton influence global climate, and coccolithophores (one-celled marine plants). From the NASA Earth Observatory. Publisher: NASA Earth Observatory LII Database Information: Record 27254 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/27254