Picoplankton
Fraction of plankton between 0.2 and 2 μm / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Picoplankton?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
Picoplankton is the fraction of plankton composed by cells between 0.2 and 2 μm that can be either prokaryotic and eukaryotic phototrophs and heterotrophs:
- photosynthetic Main article: Photosynthetic picoplankton
- heterotrophic Main article: Heterotrophic picoplankton
They are prevalent amongst microbial plankton communities of both freshwater and marine ecosystems. They have an important role in making up a significant portion of the total biomass of phytoplankton communities.