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Meaning of "planktonic"
Planktonic (adjective): Refers to organisms or particles that drift or float in aquatic environments. It is commonly used in the context of marine biology or ecology
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- Of or pertaining to plankton.
- Floating in the open sea rather than living on the seafloor.
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They were passively mobile planktonic suspension feeders.
Planktonic microbes are the basis of aquatic ecosystems.
Lots of lethal planktonic invertebrates down there.
Tanaids do not undergo a true planktonic stage.
These are planktonic and disperse in the water column.
These animals feed on tiny planktonic crustaceans.
It eats planktonic crustaceans such as copepods when it is a juvenile.
It feeds on small fishes and planktonic crustaceans.
The larvae are planktonic and are known as pluteus larvae.
Reproduction is also regulated by planktonic food supply.
The planktonic diatoms of northern seas.
Fertilisation occurs and a planktonic larva forms.
The larvae are planktonic and have limited dispersal ability.
Fertilisation is internal and the larvae are planktonic.
It has been dated by means of planktonic foraminifers and magnetostratigraphy.
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Pelagic juveniles feed on an array of planktonic items.
There they become planktonic and feed on phytoplankton.
Many marine organisms have a planktonic form.
Blooms assume either planktonic or filamentous forms in water.
Some species are inferred to have been planktonic.
Phosphorus limited planktonic algal photosynthesis.
The eggs and larvae are planktonic.
A few of them are planktonic or live in association with other organisms.
The bluespeckled pipefish feeds on planktonic crustacean.
It picks planktonic food items from the ocean surface.
It feedson small benthic or planktonic invertebrates.
Their planktonic larvae lack dorsal and pelvic fins.
Fertilisation is external and the larvae are planktonic.
This species has a long planktonic larval phase.
Large blooms of planktonic or filamentous organisms are more difficult to handle.
The diet is mainly bacteria or other planktonic material.
They can occur as planktonic cells or form phototrophic biofilms.
It is a carnivorous species which feeds on small planktonic crustacean.
The larvae remain planktonic for a further two weeks.
All stages of this mollusc are planktonic.
Organisms that are planktonic for their entire life cycle.
Phycotoxins or algal toxins are produced by microscopic planktonic algae.
It feeds on small planktonic organisms.
Many bacterial treatments are directed to bacteria in a planktonic state.
Example of planktonic cyanobacterial bloom.
They begin life feeding primarily on planktonic crustaceans.
The planktonic social network of the biological carbon pump.
Over a billion tons of planktonic life.
There is a planktonic production and the productive part is energized.
This resulted in major shifts in marine planktonic communities.
I planktonic and allied species.
The results showed that the planktonic primary.
The larvae are planktonic and drift with the currents.
Hyperiids are distinguished by their large eyes and planktonic habitat.
These toxins are derived from planktonic organisms called dinoflagellates.
