Sentences with phrase «tiny photosynthetic»

Corals are communities of animals that have tiny photosynthetic algae living inside them in a mutually beneficial relationship.

Without the ozone layer, ultraviolet rays from the sun would reach the surface at nearly full force, causing skin cancer and, more seriously, killing off the tiny photosynthetic plankton in the ocean that provide oxygen to the atmosphere and bolster the bottom of the food chain.

Not exact matches

Instead, as suggested by the trickle - up theory of salmon restoration, the plankton tends to get eaten by tiny animals, which are then eaten by larger animals until, ultimately, all or most of the CO2 sucked up by the tiny plants during their photosynthetic life spans finds its way back to the atmosphere in relatively short order.

Huang teamed up with other researchers to do microfluidics experiments, growing bacteria in tiny chambers and tracking individual cells to learn how photosynthetic bacteria grow in light and dark.

The only year - round inhabitants are photosynthetic algae and tiny shrimp that thrive in the brine.

The tiny fraction of it that is absorbed by photosynthetic plants maintains all living matter

Turtle grass: Thalassia testudinum: BEACHCOMBERS TIP: While snorkeling on calm days over the Thalassia, 4 to 5» deep, if one looks carefully one can see streams of tiny bubbles of oxygen coming from the photosynthetic reactions of the Thalassia.