The Oceans and The Phytoplankton, as Base of the Food chain

The dead sea: Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean's phytoplankton

Micoscopic life crucial to the marine food chain is dying out. The consequences could be catastrophic

By Steve Connor
Science Editor
Thursday, 29 July 2010

 large bloom of phytoplankton - which has been described as 'the basis of life in the oceans' - floating in the north-eastern Atlantic, as seen from space - NASA

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/the-dead-sea-global-warming-blamed-for-40-per-cent-decline-in-the-oceans-phytoplankton-2038074.html