Yes, phytoplankton are able to decompose. They cannot do it alone, as they need bacteria to do it for them.
Plankton may be both producer (phytoplankton) and consumer (zoo plankton) but is not a decomposer (that is the job for bacteria). Phytoplankton is the producer, which is eaten by zooplankton, which is then eaten by other organisms in the ocean.
Phytoplankton and zooplankton
phytoplankton. phytoplankton.
whales
Zooplankton eat phytoplankton
Copepods will eat phytoplankton.
Phytoplankton eats all other kinds of Plankton!?.
Zooplankton and Phytoplankton. Zooplankton feed on phytoplankton, and Phytoplankton are photosynthetic.
phytoplankton are autotrophs and zooplankton are heterotrophs
assimilates of phytoplankton are phosphorous and nitrogen
Phytoplankton is a herbivore.