Coral-eating starfish outbreaks may be driven by both the land and the deep sea

A "perfect storm" of conditions combining upwelling from the deep with run off from the land may be driving crown-of-thorns ...

Longer-term plankton species diversity is independent of ocean mixing, study finds

Plankton are tiny, microscopic marine organisms that represent the very bottom of the food chain. Some are photosynthetic and ...

Climate change may produce 'fast-food' phytoplankton

We are what we eat. And in the ocean, most life-forms source their food from phytoplankton. These microscopic, plant-like algae are the primary food source for krill, sea snails, some small fish, and ...
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Toxic marine phytoplankton : proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Toxic Marine Phytoplankton, held June 26-30 in Lund, Sweden / editors, Edna Granéli ... [et al.]

TOXIC MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON : PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TOXIC MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON HELD JUNE 2630 IN LUND SWEDEN EDITORS EDNA GRANÉLI ET AL ...

How darkening oceans could impact the entire marine food chain

The deep, blue sea is becoming deeper — in color, that is. Climate change, along with human development, has reduced how much ...