During my two years earning the MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with a concentration in economics, I thought Iâd follow a path similar to others in my cohort. Iâd earned a law degree, co-founded an innovative startup, and was ready to try something different â I just wasnât sure what. I received offers from banks and consulting firms, but I also received an offer to study abroad for a term at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Phytoplankton eat small bacteria, which eat decomposing matter. They are in the blue whale's food chain. Most plankton, known as phytoplankton, (but not all) eat in much the same way as do plants - through photosynthesis, the process by which sunlight is converted into food energy. More. Planktonic animals mostly eat other plankton, incluing the planktonic plants described above, and smaller animals which are also plankton.
The food web. Phytoplankton are the foundation of the aquatic food web, the primary producers, feeding everything from microscopic, animal-like zooplankton to multi-ton whales.Small fish and invertebrates also graze on the plant-like organisms, and then those smaller animals are eaten by bigger ones.Photograph Â©2009 qnr-away for a while. ). Phytoplankton cause mass mortality in other ways. In the aftermath of a massive bloom, dead phytoplankton sink to the ocean or lake floor. The bacteria that decompose the phytoplankton deplete the oxygen in the water, suffocating animal life; the result is a dead zone.