Where plankton suffers, so does the entire ocean food chain. When environmenmental conditions change, often triggered by too much of a nutrient—such as nitrogen or phosphorus from fertilizer ...

“Since zooplankton eat algae and fish eat zooplankton, we would expect a disruption in this food chain … that might lead to ...

Plankton are microscopic plants and animals that make up the base of the marine food chain, meaning they are a basic source of energy for marine life all the way up to large predators like sharks ...

The diagram shows how mercury can accumulate in the food chain. In the sea, tiny animals and plants called plankton absorb the mercury compounds. When the plankton are eaten by small fish ...

HUMANS live in a plankton world. These minuscule organisms blanket the oceans, covering nearly three-quarters of the planet, ...

But a warming world is throwing plankton into disarray and threatening the entire marine food chain that is built on them. A year ago, NASA launched a satellite that provided the most detailed ...

The result? A frightening phenomenon that's making seawater more acidic, spelling disaster for many marine animals, from plankton and coral up the food chain to sea stars, salmon, sea otters, whales — ...

Almost all food chains begin with a green plant. Here in the sea, seaweed and plankton do the job. A plant that converts the Sun's rays into energy is called a producer. They are the start of a ...