Bibliography Of Global Warming
Help with Bibliography on Plankton?
I’m have to write a bibliography on plankton and i need to do extremely well on it because i need to bring my grade up. I’m not having the best of luck finding information..that is thorough enough. Maybe its the way im searching for it..i don’t know.
I was wondering if someone could give me links to more information on plankton.
here’s what i have to include in this bibliography:
-what is it?
-where is it found/located?
-why is it important?
-what would happen if it disappeared?
-Is it affected by global warming?
also note: I’m not asking you to do my work for me cause in the end im the one who has to write it in my own words, so please don’t say that.
And Ive already found the Wikipedia page on plankton but it doesn’t give me a lot to work with..so please don’t post that.
thanks to anyone that could help 
-what is it?
*Plankton is the foundation of the ocean food web.
*Phytoplankton are organisms that float on or near the surface of the water. Most are rounded and single-celled. All phytoplankton use photosynthesis for their energy. The most common phytoplankton are diatoms and dinoflagellates.
*Zooplankton are ocean animals that don’t swim at all or are very weak swimmers, and they drift or move with ocean currents. They can be found in the sunlit zone and in deep ocean waters. Zooplankton range in size from tiny microbes to jellyfish, although most zooplankton are tiny, single-celled organisms. There are two types of zooplankton. Permanent or holoplankton will always be zooplankton. Temporary or meroplankton are made up of the larvae of fish, crustaceans and other marine animals.
http://www.nhptv.org/NATUREWORKS/nwep6d.htm
Plankton consist of any drifting organisms (animals, plants, archaea, or bacteria) that inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankton
-where is it found/located?
Many marine plankton are found in the deep waters of the outer ocean, or pelagic waters, whereas others are found in the shallow waters known as the neritic zone.
http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Oc-Po/Plankton.html
-why is it important?
Phytoplankton are responsible for making up to 90% of Earth’s oxygen.
http://www.whyplankton.com/
Blue whales, bowhead whales, baleen whales, gray whales, humpbacks, and right whales all eat plankton.
http://www.whyplankton.com/
They provide a crucial source of food to aquatic life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankton
-what would happen if it disappeared?
Phytoplankton use CO2 for survival, which means that the more phytoplankton there are, the more CO2 will be sucked out of the air. When there is less CO2 in the air, the temperature is going to be lower! When there is a smaller population of phytoplankton there is more CO2 in the air. This leads to higher temperatures.
http://www.childrenoftheearth.org/Kid’s%20Entries/phytoplankton.htm#How%20do%20phytoplankton%20effect%20global%20climate?
The decline in krill (zooplankton) may in turn account for the decline in the numbers of some penguin species.
http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/wildlife/krill.htm
-Is it affected by global warming?
Scientists believe that the sun’s radiation in the Arctic and Antarctic is killing off many species of plankton including phytoplankton. They die because phytoplankton are extremely sensitive to the sun’s radiation.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5DC163BF933A25753C1A96F948260&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FE%2FEnvironment
Recent studies (November 2004) have shown that stocks of krill (zooplankton) in Antarctica have declined dramatically in recent years. The reason for this is likely to be a fall in the amount of sea ice in the winter months particularly in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
The Antarctic Peninsula, a key breeding ground for the krill, is one of the places in the world where there has been the greatest rise in temperatures due to global warming. This region has warmed by 2.5°C in the last 50 years (much more than the mean global rate), with a striking consequential decrease in winter sea-ice cover.
http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/wildlife/krill.htm
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