How do diatoms differ from other phytoplankton? Are there estuaries in an aquatic biome? Is the marine biome the largest biome? How do plankton differ from nekton? What are the different regions of an aquatic biome? How does seagrass fit into the marine food web?
The findings give fresh insight into how diatoms—microalgae that produce the oxygen for every fifth breath we take—survive their harsh environment. Most diatoms produce a sticky, slimy substance called EPS (extracellular polymeric substances) which protects them from changes in the environment. The ...
In the LSA (phase 2, Fig.1), a most essential distinction to make is lake depth. Here, shallow (polymictic) lakes are defined as having a mean depth of <3 m, based on lakes that can be largely colonized by macrophytes and that do not stratify for long periods in summer (Scheffer20...
While small phytoplankton cells (<20 µm) dominate during the winter and early spring, the retreating ice edge during the spring will give rise to large-celled phytoplankton, such as diatoms [6,8,9,10]. This period, with increased phytoplankton activity and productivity, is relatively short ...
In the Mar Menor lagoon, the annual succession of phytoplankton is marked: the winter season displays a dominance of small phytoplankters, followed by a diatoms-dominated community during spring and summer seasons, with some monospecific diatom blooms, and a post-summer period dominated by ...