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The Ocean’s Biological Pump duration 8 minutes 37 seconds The Ocean’s Biological Pump The Ocean’s Biological Pump	The Ocean’s Biological Pump Half the oxygen we breathe comes from tiny phytoplankton that live in the sunlit surface layer of the ocean. They consume carbon dioxide in photosynthesis, but much of that is released again through… carbon cycle +4 More From SDG Academy 93 plays
Marine Food Chains duration 9 minutes 4 seconds Marine Food Chains Marine Food Chains	Marine Food Chains Marine food web structures differ greatly from those on land; plankton build up organic matter through photosynthesis that is consumed by secondary consumers, tiny crustaceans called copepods. These… marine ecosystems +7 More From SDG Academy 154 plays
Dance of the Plankton duration 10 minutes 39 seconds Dance of the Plankton Dance of the Plankton	Dance of the Plankton Plankton are tiny creatures that drift in the sunlit surface layer of the sea, and their choreography is conducted by sunlight and nutrients. Light only penetrates the top 30 meters of the ocean.… plankton +6 More From SDG Academy 191 plays

The Ocean’s Biological Pump