| phytoplankton |
algae that swim or float in water
Ãâó: microbes.limnology.wisc.edu/outreach/glossary.php
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| phytoplankton |
Drifting microscopic plants that trap the energy from the sunlight and are primary organisms in a marine food chain.
Ãâó: www.mdsg.umd.edu/Education/biofilm/glossary.htm
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| phytoplankton |
Microscopic, planktonic plants which exist within the water column.
Ãâó: www.ozestuaries.org/oracle/ozestuaries/conceptual_...
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| phytoplankton |
Unattached microscopic plants of plankton, subject to movement by wave or current action. See PLANKTON.
Ãâó: www.blm.gov/nhp/Commercial/SolidMineral/3809/deis/...
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| phytoplankton |
Free-floating flora that convert inorganic compounds into complex organic compounds. This process of primary productivity supports the pelagic food-chain. Phytoplankton vary in size from less than 1 to serveral hundred
Ãâó: www.wetlabs.com/glossary.htm
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