Among the more important groups are the diatoms, cyanobacteria, dinoflagellates and coccolithophores.
Phytoplankton, are autotrophic prokaryotic or eukaryotic algae that live near the water surface where there is sufficient light to support photosynthesis.
<h3>What are Phytoplankton ?</h3>
Phytoplankton is made of very tiny--usually one-celled--plants. Since plants make their own food and release oxygen as a byproduct, all the other living things in the ocean depend on them directly or indirectly for food or oxygen.
- The two main classes of phytoplankton are dinoflagellates and diatoms.
- Dinoflagellates use a whip-like tail, or flagella, to move through the water and their bodies are covered with complex shells.
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