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Phytoplankton is generally unicellular or simple algae floating freely in the water column. It photosynthesises like any algae and has a similar nutrient requirement. When there are abundant nutrients, usually caused by upwelling from deeper water, and sufficient light the phytoplankton can often reproduce at a sufficient rate to cause an algal bloom and subsequent collapse.

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