Audio slideshow: Sea drifters
Colourful close up images of plankton, the tiny creatures that hold the key to survival in the world's oceans, are going on show at London Zoo - as part of The Royal READ MORE http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8498786.stm
Microscopic organisms
Australian Antarctic Division
Government of Australia
Read about the four micro-organisms in the Antarctic ocean that are the basis of its food chain.
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Phytoplankton
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
The base of marine life is a large complex group of organisms known as plankton. Plankton are not defined by size nor taxonomy (i.e., biologic READ MORE http://www.bigelow.org/foodweb/microbe0.html
Diatom
By David Darling
The Internet Encyclopedia of Science
Any member of a class of unicellular algae, known formally as Bacillariophyceae, that live in cold waters of relatively low salinity READ MORE http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/D/diatom.html
Antarctic Fox - Day 3: Lichen Shag Glacier
The log of Rachel and Kevin Fox's trip to the Antarctic Peninsula in the Summer of 2008-9
December 28 - Paradise Bay, the Antarctic Peninsula
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Plants at the base of the southern ocean food chain include the diatoms, protozoans, phytoplankton, and ice algae. Discover the flow of energy through the Antarctica food chain.
