Marine Productivity & Plankton

For an introductory college-level oceanography class. Review of marine productivity and plankton. Developed for an introductory-level oceanography course. ERRATA: This video uses an old taxonomical classification for seaweeds. The old PROTISTA Kingdom was split in two. All of the organisms that we talk about in an Oceanography lab come from the new split-off kingdom: Chromista, including the single-celled plankton discussed in this video: diatoms, dinoflagellates, coccolithophores, foraminifera, and radiolaria. **This video comes near the end of the semester, so there may be terms with which the audience is unfamiliar. For a full playlist, refer to the Oceanography playlist on the Earth Rocks! YouTube Channel. Content within this video is based on information available in any standard introductory college oceanography textbook, such as Essentials of Oceanography -- Trujillo and Thurman – Pearson Publishing. If you are an earth science enthusiast and would like to support our ongoing video development and engage with us behind the scenes... Or if you are a student and would like access to interactive lessons built around these videos... you can do so by JOINING the Earth Rocks! YouTube Channel:    / @earthrocks  . Thank you!