What is the most productive photosynthetic plankton apart from Cyanobacteria?

a. Dinoflagellates
b. Coccolithophores
c. Diatoms
d. Ciliates


ANS: D
There is the manufacturing and consumption of particles and dissolved oxygen occurring on a large
scale. They often involve bacteria and plankton in a microbial loop. Information can be found in the
section Phytoplankton are Autotrophs.

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