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Definitions of plankton in various dictionaries:
noun - the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water
The collection of small or microscopic organisms, including algae and protozoans, that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water, especially at or near the surface, and serve as food for fish and other larger organisms.
noun - the minute animal and plant life of a body of water
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| Pelagic animals & plants are divided into 2 groups: nekton, which are free swimming, & these, which drift |
| Newly hatched octopi live among this group of microscopic plants & animals that float on the ocean's surface |
| Newly hatched octopi live among this group of microscopic plants & animals that float on the ocean's surface |
| The largest fish, the whale shark, won't eat you; he likes algae & protozoa known by this collective term |
| A million-gallon "ocean" helps test how changes affect the zoo- & phyto- types of this basis of the sea's food chain |
| Frederick Russell is best known for his study on the life history of this whale food found on the ocean surface |
| Baleen whales eat this mixture of microscopic organisms, like algae, that drift near the surface of the sea |
| The first link in the marine food chain is the "phyto" type of this, including algae |
| (Alex Trebek gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) From June to November here in the Galapagos, the south equatorial current encourages the rich growth of this, the collective name for nonmotile marine organisms |
| Greek for "wandering", these minute organisms are considered the pasture of the seas |
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| The collection of small or microscopic organisms, including algae and protozoans, that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water, especially at or near the surface, and serve as food for fish and other larger organisms. |
| the small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water, consisting chiefly of diatoms, protozoans, small crustaceans, and the eggs and larval stages of larger animals. Many animals are adapted to feed on plankton, especially by filtering the water. |
| the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water |
| The small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water, consisting chiefly of diatoms, protozoans, small crustaceans, and the eggs and larval stages of larger animals. Many animals are adapted to feed on plankton, especially by filtering the water. |
| very small plants and animals that float on the surface of the sea and on which other sea animals feed |
| very small organisms that float in water, esp. near the surface, and are food for fish and other animals that live in water |
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Plankton (singular plankter) are the diverse collection of organisms that live in large bodies of water and are unable to swim against a current. They provide a crucial source of food to many large aquatic organisms, such as fish and whales. * These organisms include bacteria, archaea, algae, protozoa and drifting or floating animals that inhabitfor examplethe pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. Essentially, plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than any phylogenetic or taxonomic classification. * Though many planktonic species are microscopic in size, plankton includes organisms over a wide range of sizes, including large organisms such as jellyfish. * Technically the term does not include organisms on the surface of the water, which are called pleustonor those that swim actively in the water, which are called nekton. |