浮游藻类位于食物链的底层，假如它们的数量增多，那食物链的其它部分将会受到影响。
Planktonic algae are at the bottom of the food chain. If more of them are around, the rest of that chain will be affected.
但乌贼的盛名正被慢慢地削弱，部分地归结于最新的一项研究，研究表明它只不过是个行动缓慢、呈凝胶状的浮游生物。
But the squid's Titanic reputation is slowly being deflated, thanks in part to a new study that says the creature is no more than a sluggish, gelatinous drifter.
大部分的碳会在浮游植物被食用或者分解的时候返回到近地表水域，但仍有一部分被带进了大洋深处。
Most of the carbon is returned to near-surface waters when phytoplankton are eaten or decompose, but some falls into the ocean depths.
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