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Potentially toxic plankton algae may play a crucial role in the future Arctic – Phys.org

As the sea ice shrinks in the Arctic, the plankton community that produces food for the entire marine food chain is changing. New research shows that a potentially…

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As the sea ice shrinks in the Arctic, the plankton community that produces food for the entire marine food chain is changing. New research shows that a potentially toxic species of plankton algae that lives both via photosynthesis and absorbing food may become an important player in the Arctic Ocean as the future sea ice becomes thinner.
Microscopic planktonalgae, invisible to the naked eye, are the foundation of the marine food web, feeding all the ocean´s living creatures from small crustaceans…

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