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

游植物沿着冰层的边缘生长，绵延可达近五十公里。

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

因此，如果游植物增，就会开始吸引更大型的生物。

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

这非常适合光合作用，而光合作用又兴奋剂，您好，游植物的生产力！

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

在海洋中，蓝藻将会主导其他游植物。

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

好吧，所以有一种不同的游生物叫做游植物。

Phytoplankton serve as the base of ocean food webs.

游植物海洋食物网的基础。

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

这些营养物质有助于形成游植物——能吸收碳的极小生物。

But these giant creatures just didn’t have enough food to get any giant-er than that.

百万年前 洋流的变化将海底无的养分冲至海面区 富含营养的游植物堆 当然吸引了巨量的游生物聚集。

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

而其它大独立生长的海藻，被称为游植物，还有被称为游动物的小动物。

There's these microscopic organisms called phytoplankton.

海洋中有一些微生物，称为“游植物”。

Those phytoplankton do something really incredible.

这些游植物的作用非常神奇。

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的这些资源，游植物随处可见。

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

有一些游植物，一些光合作用的游生物也进行垂直运动。

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

游植物在白天期间利用阳光将溶解的二氧化碳转变为能量，并用来建造自己体内的细胞。

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

夏季时强力而持续的太阳光照使游植物生长旺盛，而微生植物也很兴旺。

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，海洋生态统处于微妙的平衡状态，游植物的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的游植物硅藻造成任何不良影响。

Algae need light, so must live near the surface—as must the zooplankton and other animals that need the phytoplankton.

海藻需要光线，所以必须生活在接近海面的区域—还有需要游植物的游动物和其它动物也同样如此。

To understand why, we need to look at some of the ocean's most ubiquitous organisms: phytoplankton.

要了解其中的原因，我们需要看看海洋中无处不在的生物：游植物。

Well, a number of things from floating sand, phytoplankton and all sorts of living organisms that aren't just fish.

这有很因素，比如漂的沙粒，游植物以及各种包括鱼在内的有机生物体。