"Half of the world's oxygen is produced by these organisms," explained Professor David Thomas, from the school of ocean sciences at the University of Bangor. "If you took that away you would lose the basis of life on the globe. There simply wouldn't be enough oxygen to support life." Professor Thomas said: "If you go back far enough in time, life started in the plankton, so we owe it a remarkable debt." telegraph.co.uk
Here is a short article about the role of plankton in evolution/global photosynthesis.
http://www.physorg.com/news97339487.html
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