Earth ID: 10495

Marine Food Web

Released on October 9, 2009

This conceptual animation illustrates some of the ecological pathways between species within the marine ecosystem. Single-celled microscopic plants called phytoplankton float in the upper ocean. These photosynthetic plants form the foundation of the marine food web, and nearly all life in the ocean depend upon them for survival, including microscopic zooplankton and whales.

Credits

Megan Willy (IRC/UMBC): Lead Animator
Maria Frostic (UMBC): Producer
Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Keywords:
DLESE >> Biology
DLESE >> Ecology
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Phytoplankton
SVS >> Plankton
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Marine Biology
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Biosphere >> Ecological Dynamics >> Food-web Dynamics
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Marine Biology >> Fish
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0