Michael Behrenfeld will lead a NASA-funded research project investigating phytoplankton blooms—the foundation of the marine food web. He will test the idea that warming oceans will have previously-unforeseen impacts on marine ecosystems.

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/release/2015/01/why-do-plankton-bloom-answer-could-force-rethinking-ocean%E2%80%99s-food-web