At the heart of the phenomenon lie tiny marine microorganisms called phytoplankton.

这个现心是一种小海洋微生物，叫做浮游生物。

The phytoplankton trails the edge of the ice and can stretch for nearly fifty kilometers.

浮游物沿着冰层边缘生长，绵延可达近五十公里。

This is perfect for photosynthesis and photosynthesis is dope, Hello phytoplankton productivity!

这非常适合光合作用，而光合作用又是兴奋剂，您好，浮游物生产力！

So if there's an increase in phytoplankton, it will start to attract larger lifeforms.

因此，如果浮游物增多，就会开始吸引更大型生物。

Okay, so there's a different class of plankton called phytoplankton.

好吧，所以有一种不同浮游生物叫做浮游物。

There are some phytoplankton, some photosynthetic plankton that also undergo vertical movements.

有一些浮游物，一些光合作用浮游生物也进行垂直运动。

These nutrients help to form phytoplankton -- extremely small organisms that take in carbon.

这些营养物质有助于形成浮游物——能吸收碳极小生物。

Many fish that depend on phytoplankton swam away from the area.

以浮游生物为食大量鱼群离开海域。

There's these microscopic organisms called phytoplankton.

海洋中有一些微生物，称为“浮游物”。

Those phytoplankton do something really incredible.

这些浮游物作用非常。

Now larger creatures called krill love to eat phytoplankton directly or indirectly.

磷虾这种稍大一点生物会直接或间接地吃掉浮游生物。

And since the ocean's surface waters generally have an abundance of these resources, phytoplankton are everywhere.

由于海洋表层水通常拥有丰富这些资源，浮游物随处可见。

Ocean color varies from green to blue, depending on the type and concentration of phytoplankton.

海洋颜色在绿色与蓝色之间变化，这取决于浮游生物种类和密度。

In the oceans, cyanobacteria would dominate over other phytoplankton species.

在海洋中，蓝藻将会主导其他浮游物。

Much of the rest is unattached algae, known as phytoplankton, and tiny animals, known as zooplankton.

而其它大多数是独立生长海藻，被称为浮游物，还有被称为浮游动物小动物。

During the day, phytoplankton use sunlight to turn dissolved carbon dioxide into energy and build their own cells.

浮游物在白天期间利用阳光将溶解二氧化碳转变为能量，并用来建造自己体内细胞。

Because of the way light reflects off the organisms, these phytoplankton create colorful patterns at the ocean surface.

因为光线在这种生物体上反射方式，这些浮游生物会在海洋表面产生一种多彩图案。

In summer, the powerful nonstop rays of the sun create a bloom of phytoplankton and microscopic plant life.

夏季时强力而持续太阳光照使浮游物生长旺盛，而微生物也很兴旺。

Ocean ecosystems are finely balanced and any change in the phytoplankton will send ripples across the food chain.

她告诉美国有线电视新闻网，海洋生态系统处于微妙平衡状态，浮游物任何变化都会在整个食物链中产生连锁反应。

And we're making sure that this doesn't have any bad effect on the phytoplankton diatoms in the ocean.

我们还要确保这不会对海洋中浮游物硅藻造成任何不良影响。