A new article encourages researchers to focus their attention on mixoplankton, providing a set of methodologies to help expand our understanding of this critically important component of the marine ecosystem.
Comprising the base of the food web, plankton are extremely important to marine ecosystems. However, there is still much to be discovered about these organisms, and that's especially true for mixoplankton.
"It's impossible to overemphasize the impact of expanding this field. Everything that happens at the base of the food web will eventually cascade into other parts of the ecosystem, impacting species many people rely upon for nourishment or income," said lead author Nicole Millette, assistant professor at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science .
"If we want to understand how climate change will impact ocean ecosystems, we must understand how they are currently operating to determine what changes might occur in the future." said Millette."Our lack of understanding of mixoplankton's role in the food web and biogeochemical cycling severely limits our ability to accurately predict how the ocean ecosystem may shift under climate change.
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