AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Producers in the ocean are phytoplanktons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Phytoplanktons are the producers in the ocean. Diatoms are a class of phytoplankton which are known as chief producers in the ocean.

Detailed explanation-3: -Five producers in the ocean include an assortment of photosynthetic and chemosynthetic organisms. Seaweed, kelp, seagrass and phytoplankton are photosynthetic organisms that can create glucose as their own food source by using sunlight and water to convert carbon dioxide into glucose (a sugar molecule).

Detailed explanation-4: -Seaweeds such as kelp are one ocean producer. The ocean’s main producers are plankton. Plankton are simple creatures that float on ocean currents. They can be plants, animals, or bacteria.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are some marine plants like this sea grass, but sea plants are primarily found around coastlines. Marine plants are no where near as abundant as algae, diatoms, dinoflagellates, bacteria and archaea producers. Kelp and other “seaweeds” are protists, not plants.