Diatoms are mostly asexual members of the phytoplankton. Diatoms lack any organelles that might have the9 + 2 pattern. They obtain their nutrition from functional chloroplasts, and each diatom is encased within two porous, glasslike valves. Which question would be most important for one interested in the day-to-day survival of individual diatoms?

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Diatoms are mostly asexual members of the phytoplankton. Diatoms lack any organelles that might have the9 + 2 pattern. They obtain their nutrition from functional chloroplasts, and each diatom is encased within two porous, glasslike valves. Which question would be most important for one interested in the day-to-day survival of individual diatoms?