Phytoplankton /fatoplktn/ are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of oceans, seas and freshwater basin ecosystems. The name comes from the Greek words (phyton), meaning ''plant'', and (planktos), meaning ''wanderer'' or ''drifter''. Most phytoplankton are too small to be individually seen with the unaided eye. However, when present in high enough numbers, some varieties may be noticeable as colored patches on the water surface due to the presence of chlorophyll within their cells and accessory pigments (such as phycobiliproteins or xanthophylls) in some species.
Answer this question, making sure that the answer is supposed by the text: phytoplankton are heterotrophs which depend on autotrophs for nutrition?
no