Biological Diversity BSCI 10110 1 MWRF 1 10 2 00 Dr Mark Kershner Week 8 10 23 Phytoplankton diatoms Stramenopila unicellular autotrophic strictly asexual reproduction dinoflagellates Alveolata Pfiesteria neurotoxin red tides major blooms population explosion of dinoflagellates loaded with neurotoxins bioluminescence asexual and sexual reproduction green algae Chlorophyta phyta plants considered protists somewhere in between protists and plants unicellular colonial Volvox autotrophs asexual and sexual reproduction within a single species alternation of generations cyanobacteria prokaryotic not protists but still phytoplankton phytoplankton in the food web phytoplankton zooplankton floating animals planktivores freshwater zooplankton mainly cladocerans Daphnia eaten by organisms like small salmonid and bluegill marine zooplankton krill cladocerans small shrimp copepods eaten by organisms like baleen whales
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