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The researchers looked at carbon and oxygen isotopes in multiple species of planktonic and benthic foraminifera.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

“From these preliminary observations there appears to be some direct correlation of the planktonic animals with the scattering layer,” Johnson wrote.

From Scientific American • Aug. 20, 2022

Cyanobacteria and planktonic algae can grow over enormous areas in water, at times completely covering the surface.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

A latitudinal diversity gradient in planktonic marine bacteria.

From Nature • Oct. 31, 2017

The researchers pointed to a form of planktonic alga known as Emiliania huxleyi, which in laboratory experiments was able to adapt to some extent to counter the negative effects acidification had upon it.

From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2017