Dear Deeplings: I thought I was a plant, but now I think I’m a killer!
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By , on June 20th, 2012 5 comments   Adaptations, New Research   , , ,  

AHHHH! Why are we eating this baby worm? Slurrrrp. Slurrrrp. Mmm…worm juice… (Photo: Terje Berge/International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal) Dear Deeplings, I am a dinoflagellate – a single-celled microscopic plankton of the fine lineage Karlodinium armiger. I’m a pretty peaceful dude-lady – I just chillax on the ocean’s surface, spinning my flagella and soaking . . . → Read More: Dear Deeplings: I thought I was a plant, but now I think I’m a killer!

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San Diego red tide eaten alive by single-celled predator
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By , on October 23rd, 2011 3 comments   Ecology, Microbes   , , , , , , ,  

GET IN MAH BELLY! These huge predatory dinoflagellates have consumed smaller bioluminescent dinoflagellates. The red tide that has lit San Diego for several weeks is ending in a microscopic bloodbath. The above photo was taken by Linsey Sala, the manager of the Pelagic Invertebrates Collection at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She writes: This image was . . . → Read More: San Diego red tide eaten alive by single-celled predator

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Marine Biology FAIL
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By , on February 7th, 2011 11 comments   Uncategorized   , , ,  

Zazzle, are you saying that all phytoplankton look the SAME to you?! Thanks, R.A.!