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Introduction to the Biology of Marine Life, Eighth Edition, James L. Sumich and John F. Morrissey  
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Chapter 3: Phytoplankton

Phytoplankton
“From the Top of the World to the Bottom of the Food Web” is a wonderful summary of all things phytoplanktonic.
Visit the From the Top of the World to the Bottom of the Food Web web site
Phytoplankton
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s Phytoplankton page is an excellent resource for the study of all marine plants (not just those that are microscopic).
Visit the Marine Flora web site
Phytoplankton
Provided by the University of South Florida, this Plankton Key gives general structural features of different types of phytoplankton and zooplankton.
Visit the Plankton Key web site
Phytoplankton Groups
An Introduction to the Cyanobacteria from the University of California-Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
Visit the Cyanobacteria web site
Phytoplankton Groups
An introduction to coccolithophorids and other haptophytes from Berkeley.
Visit the Coccolithophorids and Other Haptophytes web site
Phytoplankton Groups
An introduction to diatoms.
Visit the Diatoms web site
Phytoplankton Groups
An introduction to the Dinophyta.
Visit the Dinoflagellata web site
Phytoplankton Groups
The Harmful Algae Page from Woods Hole Institution of Oceanography provides an overview of Red Tide and other algal blooms.
Visit the Harmful Algae web site
Phytoplankton Groups
“Protist Databases” is an index that provides "the best of the Web" on all critters included within the protistan universe. Their emphasis is on the morphology, ultrastructure, molecular biology, taxonomy, ecology, and physiology of single-celled eucaryotes.
Visit the Protist Databases web site
Primary Production in the Sea
A fantastic website from NASA concerning their wonderful satellites, the SeaWiFS system, providers of many amazing images of the world ocean.
Visit the SeaWiFs web site
Primary Production in the Sea
For real-monitoring of an actual phytoplankton community, visit “Monitoring the Phytoplankton of Narragansett Bay,” a web site provided by the University of Rhode Island.
Visit the Monitoring the Phytoplankton of Narragansett Bay web site

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