Sentence examples for microscopic plankton from inspiring English sources

Like other corals, their normal diet consists of microscopic plankton.

CLIMAP was based on studies of microscopic plankton, whose fossilized remains were buried in seafloor sediments.

Visitors can manipulate microscopelike rings that make it possible to peer into the virtual ocean and see the microscopic plankton.

The waters of Kiwayu, like the rest of the archipelago, harbour microscopic plankton that create greenish phosphorescence and diamond starbursts around you - a magical marine version of fireflies.

Dr. DeLong, sampling microscopic plankton from the surface of the Pacific Ocean, discovered certain bacteria that could convert sunlight into energy, a role normally played by plants.

Nektonic ammonites, squidlike belemnites, sessile reef-building mollusks known as rudistids, and most microscopic plankton also died out at this time.

In particular, the team studied deposits of siderite, a mineral formed by microscopic lake plankton during relatively warm months.

Polyps feed on a variety of small organisms, from microscopic demersal plankton to small fish.

Excess fertilizer can cause algae blooms — proliferations of both large seaweed mats and microscopic plant plankton — which can eventually lead to oxygen depletion in the water causing marine life to die.

The survey also identified Cercozoa and MAST heterotrophic Stramenopiles, normally missed in microscopic-based plankton surveys.

Waxes also serve as energy-storage substances in plankton (microscopic aquatic plants and animals) and in higher members of the aquatic food chain.