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All marine animals depend on phytoplankton because they form the foundational base of the oceanic food web. These microscopic plants undergo photosynthesis, converting sunlight into energy and producing oxygen while serving as a primary food source for a variety of marine organisms, from tiny zooplankton to large fish and whales. As a result, the health and abundance of marine life are closely linked to phytoplankton populations, making them essential for the overall marine ecosystem. Additionally, they play a crucial role in regulating global carbon cycles.
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Are all phytoplankton capable of self propulsion?
No, not all phytoplankton are motile.
Is a phytoplankton eat other species phytoplankton?
Phytoplankton eats all other kinds of Plankton!?.
What is marine biology about?
The study of all plant and animal life in the seas.
What animal is Europe27s national animal?
The Marine Wombat. In an effort to raise awareness of the "severely endangered" status of these unique creatures, the UN has decreed that all European nations shall adopt the marine wombat as their national animal.
What does eat phytoplankton?
phytoplankton eats all other kinds of plankton
Does all animal life on earth depend on plantlike protists?
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What animals are underwater producer?
Some examples of underwater producers include phytoplankton, seaweed, and sea grasses. These organisms can photosynthesize and convert sunlight into energy, forming the base of the underwater food chain.
Why do all animal in a community depend on producer?
because producers has the most energy
What kinds of animal in the water?
Fish and some marine mammals live in water all their lives.
What would happen if the ocean food web if all the phytoplankton died?
All of the animals would die. Cuz the animal that ate the plankton would die then the next species would die.
Crabs seaweed and clams are all?
phytoplankton
What do marine plants provide marine life?
FoodThere are many marine plants in the ocean supporting like but the most important of them all is phytoplankton. Phytoplankton (tiny single celled plants that live in the water) are alone responsible for 50% of the oxygen in the atmosphere and the majority of the food in the ocean.Plankton (tiny animals living in the water) feeds on phytoplankton and in turn, much of the marine life in the ocean, from tiny fish to giant shark and whales, feeds on Plankton.The annual bloom of the phytoplankton determines the breeding cycles for most marine life. Fish, mammals and crustaceons travel vast distances across the oceans in search of the blooms.Without phytoplankton, the oceans would be a great marine desert as many of its inhabitants would starve.OxygenThe plant life in the oceans releases huge amounts of oxygen into the water, allowing marine life to breath.It is beacuase if the lack of plant life in the great ocean depths (they can't photosynthesize without sunlight) that marine life there is so sparse.ShelterThe ocean is a vast empty space. There isn't much to hide behind to avoid predators but floating seaweed or other plant life provides a great escape for small fish and crustaceons that would otherwise be quickly devoured.The kelp forest of the oceans are a sanctuary for marine life. Kelp can grow to be several metres tall and houses many fish, crustaceons nd even some mamals in the relative safety of it's leaves and stems.
