Phytoplankton Spring Bloom
Phytoplankton - Did you know? The spring bloom is a strong increase in phytoplankton abundance (i.e. stock) that typically occurs in the early spring and lasts until late spring or early summer? This seasonal event is characteristic of temperate North Atlantic, sub-polar, and coastal waters, Phytoplankton are tiny single-cell creatures that live deep in the ocean and are responsible for creating over 90 percent of the earth’s oxygen supply – far more than all the forests on the earth combined! These massive blooms can spread so far that they can only be seen from space. These algal blooms create beautiful [...]