Great Diversity Of Marine Plankton Drive Oceanic Photosynthesis
Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 21:14
in Biology & Nature
Marine biologists have demonstrated that there is considerable diversity amongst the smallest microalgae belonging to the group of so-called haptophytes. Scientists have shown that these photosynthetic microorganisms, highly diversified and extremely abundant, are some of the most important producers of oceanic organic matter.