How Do Phytoplankton Survive A Scarcity Of Phosphorous?
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 23:00
in Earth & Climate
Phytoplankton are tiny, photosynthetic organisms and essential to life on Earth, supplying us with roughly half the oxygen we breathe. Phytoplankton have their own requirements to carry out critical cellular activity - the element phosphorus. But in some parts of the world's ocean, P is in limited supply. How do phytoplankton survive when phosphorus is difficult to find? read more