Question

What are the differences in their hard parts, distribution, reproduction among phytoplankton of cyanobacteria, diatom, coccolithophores and silicoflagellates, dinoflagellates, green algae and brown algae

Answer 1

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Explanation:

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HARD BODY PARTS.

•Cyanobacteria have calcified sheaths.

• Diatoms have hard but porous cell wall.

• Coccolithophores have hard body parts.

• Silicoflagellates skeleton is composed of opaline silica.

• Dinoflagellates do not have hard body parts

• Green algae - no hard body parts.

• Brown algae - no hard body parts.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DISTRIBUTION

• Cyanobacteria are found almost in every terrestrial habitat on planet.

• Diatoms are found in oceans, freshwater, soil and damp.

• Coccolithophores are exclusively marine.

• Silicoflagellates are found in marine environment.

• Dinoflagellates are both freshwater and marine.

• Green algae grow on objects that do not move such as substrate, rock.

• Brown algae - wide distribution from tropical to polar zones.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN REPRODUCTION.

• Cyanobacteria - asexually by binary or multiple fission, fragmentation, spore formation.

• Diatom - asexually by cell division through mitosis.

• Coccolithophores - asexually by binary fission.

• Silicoflagellates - asexually

• Dinoflagellates - asexually

• Green algae - sexually or asexually by cell division, fragmentation, spore formation.

• Brown algae - sexually and asexually.