Phytoplankton float at or near the surface of the ocean, where they can use the sunlight and their chlorophyll to create energy. In the process, they take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen.

It’s a powerful addition. The original method uses chlorophyll as a proxy for phytoplankton biomass, so you can see how much phytoplankton grow in 24 hours and understand how much those protists ...

Algae are aquatic organisms containing chlorophyll within their structure. Algae live in the water column (called phytoplankton) and attached to the river bed. They are an important food for other ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that the Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) sensor on its EOS-06 satellite ...

Researchers have long relied on satellite ocean color observations to describe phytoplankton at a global scale. From these satellite observations, chlorophyll-a—a commonly used proxy for carbon ...

Photosynthetic cells are quite diverse and include cells found in green plants, phytoplankton, and cyanobacteria. During the process of photosynthesis, cells use carbon dioxide and energy from the ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 61, No. 4 (2016), pp. 1232-1244 (13 pages) Temperature strongly affects phytoplankton growth rates, but its effect on communities and ecosystem processes is debated.

Phytoplankton use chlorophyll and other pigments to absorb sunlight for photosynthesis, and when they grow in large numbers, they change the way the ocean surface reflects sunlight. They are eaten ...

An austral spring 2024, a phytoplankton bloom off the coast of ... creating surface patterns that become even more visible in chlorophyll observations. Other nutrients can come from river sediment ...

In a post on X, ISRO said, "OCM sensor in EOS-06 captures Phytoplankton concentration on global scale. Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) sensor of EOS-06 captures chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration in ...