There are some phytoplankton, some photosynthetic plankton that also undergo vertical movements.

有一些浮游植物，一些光合作用的浮游生物也进行垂直运动。

Those phytoplankton do something really incredible.

这些浮游植物的作用非常神奇。

Phytoplankton serve as the base of ocean food webs.

浮游植物是海洋食物网的基础。

There's these microscopic organisms called phytoplankton.

海洋中有一些微生物，称为“浮游植物”。

In the oceans, cyanobacteria would dominate over other phytoplankton species.

在海洋中，蓝藻将会主导其他浮游植物。

At the heart of the phenomenon lie tiny marine microorganisms called phytoplankton.

这个现象的核心是一种小的海洋微生物，叫做浮游生物。

Okay, so there's a different class of plankton called phytoplankton.

好吧，所以有一种不同的浮游生物叫做浮游植物。

Many fish that depend on phytoplankton swam away from the area.

以浮游生物为食的大量鱼群离开海域。

This is perfect for photosynthesis and photosynthesis is dope, Hello phytoplankton productivity!

这非常适合光合作用，而光合作用又是兴奋剂，您好，浮游植物的生产力！

The phytoplankton trails the edge of the ice and can stretch for nearly fifty kilometers.

浮游植物沿着冰层的边缘生长，绵延可达近五十公里。

These nutrients help to form phytoplankton -- extremely small organisms that take in carbon.

这些营养物质有助于形成浮游植物——能吸收碳的极小生物。

Algae need light, so must live near the surface—as must the zooplankton and other animals that need the phytoplankton.

海藻需要光线，所以必须生活在接近海面的区域—还有需要浮游植物的浮游动物和其它动物也同样如此。

Now larger creatures called krill love to eat phytoplankton directly or indirectly.

磷虾这种稍大一点的生物会直接或间接地吃掉浮游生物。

So if there's an increase in phytoplankton, it will start to attract larger lifeforms.

因此，如果浮游植物增多，就会开始吸引更大型的生物。

Much of the rest is unattached algae, known as phytoplankton, and tiny animals, known as zooplankton.

而其它大多数是独立生长的海藻，被称为浮游植物，还有被称为浮游动物的小动物。

Ocean color varies from green to blue, depending on the type and concentration of phytoplankton.

海洋的颜色在绿色与蓝色之间变化，这取决于浮游生物的种类和密度。

But phytoplankton are vulnerable to the ocean's warming trend.

但是这些浮游生物在面对全球变暖的趋势时是很脆弱的。

The Arctic phytoplankton bloom, which used to run from June to September, now runs from April to September.

以前，北极浮游生物的大量繁殖期是六月到九月，而现在繁殖期则早在四月就开始了，直到九月才结束。

Because of the way light reflects off the organisms, these phytoplankton create colorful patterns at the ocean surface.

因为光线在这种生物体上的反射方式，这些浮游生物会在海洋表面产生一种多彩的图案。

In summer, the powerful nonstop rays of the sun create a bloom of phytoplankton and microscopic plant life.

夏季时强力而持续的太阳光照使浮游植物生长旺盛，而微生植物也很兴旺。