Plankton

Many people do not know much about how important plankton really is to the ocean and also to mankind. In the ocean they are the beginning to of the food chain which starts with them and leads all the way up to sharks. The biggest and most shocking benefit they provide for humans is that they provide for half of earths photosynthesis. Not only do we need them to breathe but we also need them to feed the other fish in order for us to have enough fish in the sea to eat. The difference between diatoms and dinoflagellates is that diatoms are a single celled organisms and they survive off of the suns energy and provide the most photosynthesis. Where as dinoflagelletes have two flagella and the majority of them are only found in the ocean.

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dinoflagellates