Warmer waters generally have lower plankton biomass and abundance, and consist of species with smaller body sizes. Jellyfish, my favorite type of zooplankton, are among the biggest plankton.

The oceans teem with photosynthesizing bacteria, tiny-tailed dinoflagellates gobbling other plankton, algae surrounded by ...

which could have big ripple effects for the higher levels of the food web. Warming water because of climate change can have the same effects. Plankton are also threatened by microplastics ...

Plankton is the name given to a collection of tiny sea life that lives in the ocean. These minute organisms may be small, but they have a big role to play in maintaining the health of our oceans.