Saturday 12 July 2014

Short circuit in the food web

WATER WORLD
Short circuit in the food web
Jena, Germany (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - They are amongst the most numerous inhabitants of the sea: tiny haptophytes of the type Emiliania huxleyi. Not visible to the naked eye, when they are in bloom in spring, they form square kilometer sized patches, they are even visible on satellite images. "Together with other phytoplankton, Emiliania huxleyi is responsible for approximately half of the global photosynthesis output," states ... more


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