Search results
Marine protists are defined by their habitat as protists that live in marine environments, that is, in the saltwater of seas or oceans or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. Life originated as marine single-celled prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) and later evolved into more complex eukaryotes. Eukaryotes are the more developed life forms ...
Marine protists are defined by their habitat as protists that live in marine environments, that is, in the saltwater of seas or oceans or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. Life originated as marine single-celled prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) and later evolved into more complex eukaryotes.
Although the species is a basic unit and currency in ecological and evolutionary research in any environment, there is no consensus on how a microbial species is best defined. Traditionally, protists have been defined by their morphological features, but we now know that morphological features can change under varying environmental conditions ...
New genetic tools now exist for identifying protistan species of interest and for reexamining long-standing debates regarding the biogeography of protists. Studies of protistan diversity provide insight regarding how species richness and community composition contribute to ecosystem function.
People also ask
What is a marine protist?
Are protists a part of the marine food web?
Are protists a microbial entity?
What is the role of protists in marine biogeochemical cycles?
Apr 15, 2021 · Animals, protists and bacteria share marine biogeographic patterns | Nature Ecology & Evolution. Article. Published: 15 April 2021. Animals, protists and bacteria share marine...
- Luke Earl Holman, Mark de Bruyn, Mark de Bruyn, Simon Creer, Gary Carvalho, Julie Robidart, Marc Riu...
- 2021
Nov 21, 2016 · Protists, which are single-celled eukaryotes, critically influence the ecology and chemistry of marine ecosystems, but genome-based studies of these organisms have lagged behind those of...
When photosynthetic organisms and the protists and animals that feed on them die, their bodies fall to the bottom of the ocean where they remain; unlike freshwater lakes, the open ocean lacks a process for bringing the organic nutrients back up to the surface.
