Phytoplankton Sentence Examples

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  • Marine phytoplankton - Rich in natural minerals and vitamins, it supports a healthy heart.

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  • As already described, ocean acidity may increase as phytoplankton (and increased marine organisms) decompose.

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  • Specific organisms currently being analyzed in addition to the marine cyanobacteria include the eukaryotic phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi and Phaeocystis sp.

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  • The phytoplankton increase produced by the iron fertilization was dominated by diatoms.

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  • Ferry Box monitors phytoplankton levels by measuring chlorophyll fluorescence.

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  • For stations at in the Irminger Basin, a model based on phytoplankton photosynthetic responses to changes in spectral irradiance was the most accurate.

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  • Ocean microalgae, called phytoplankton, are the base of the ocean food web.

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  • Plants, including the phytoplankton, remove carbon dioxide for use in photosynthesis.

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  • The main Plymouth Collection consists of some 280 strains from 71 genera of marine phytoplankton.

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  • To the north of 59 degree N Ceratium species and ' total phytoplankton ' have also declined.

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  • Any significant penalty could lead to Ehux being replaced by other phytoplankton in the sea, and hence, eventually, its extinction.

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  • Coccolithophores are small phytoplankton with calcium plates surrounding their cell walls.

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  • Combining a Regional Climate Model with a phytoplankton community model to predict future changes in phytoplankton in lakes.

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  • We also made routine measurements of phytoplankton pigments (eg. chlorophyll-a as a measure of biomass) and we enumerated the principal phytoplankton species.

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  • In contrast, relatively little is known about the influence of phytoplankton on trace metal speciation in coastal waters.

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  • The growing patch of phytoplankton also produced significant quantities of dimethyl sulfide, a gas known to be important in cloud formation.

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  • A high and late autumn peak of phytoplankton off the coast of Portugal may be associated with coastal upwelling.

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  • In the second year the units become more specialized including marine vertebrates, benthic ecology and phytoplankton and primary production.

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  • Patterns of annual variation in the herbivorous zooplankton were not related to those in the phytoplankton.

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  • You can see that phytoplankton form the basis of the chain, which in turn are eaten by zooplankton.

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  • Observations of phytoplankton blooms without the addition of iron supplements show underutilized resources of carbon dioxide and nitrates, supporting Martin 's Iron Hypothesis.

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  • The spring outburst of phytoplankton is grazed down by zooplankton in the summer and occurs again as a second maximum in the autumn.

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  • Other series of shorter length, carried out from the 1920s to the 1980s, measured dissolved nutrients, phytoplankton production and infaunal benthos.

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  • In spring when the phytoplankton biomass increases and blooms the adult Cal fin begin to breed.

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  • In the presence of sunlight, tiny plant species called phytoplankton use the nutrients to produce a greenish plant substance called chlorophyll.

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  • They are tougher now, bigger and start eating phytoplankton in the water.

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  • That is, the concentration of H-ions decreases and that of the HO-ions increases; the water becomes more alkaline because the carbonic acid of the bicarbonate has been abstracted by the phytoplankton to the extent that normal carbonate is left.

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