It explains how amoebas use pseudopods, diatoms utilize cytoplasmic flow, and earthworms rely on muscle contractions and bristles for locomotion. Each creature's unique movement method is ...

Blooms of diatoms—microscopic, photosynthetic algae—were alive and well beneath (and within) the lake's ice cover. "Some of the main winter-spring diatom bloom formers, like Aulacoseira ...

We also suggested that a warming climate will simultaneously enhance the productivity of large phytoplankton, such as diatoms, in coastal regions, owing to increased wind-driven upwelling 1.