They make a toxin called domoic acid, which is consumed
by other plankton that in turn become food for fish and other organisms.
The researchers ruled out dinoflagellates, copepods, and
other plankton known for luminescence, but their samples were taken at a depth of about three yards.
Have any studies appeared on coupling of AMOC variation and that of polar sea albedo from E. hux, Nitzschia and
other plankton blooms?
They can also eat
other plankton and are constrained to consume prey in size classes about ten times smaller than themselves.
That puts we humans in the position of competing directly with whales and all
the other plankton grazers, even endangered species.