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Results for “planktonic”

Ichthyological terms, not general ones.

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  • planktonic

    Of or relating to plankton.

    Used in 6 profiles

  • planktonic bloom

    A visble population explosion in plankton, typically involving phytoplankton, and normally resulting from an increase or excess of available nutrients.

  • plankton

    Any organism, or more typically, collection of organisms drifting freely in a body of water. Used in reference to both microscopic, e.g. algae, fish larvae, and larger, e.g. jellyfish, organisms.

    Used in 15 profiles

  • zooplankton

    Plankton or planktonic constituent composed of small animals such as crustaceans and larval fishes.

    Used in 318 profiles

  • copepod

    Any member of the subclass Copepoda, a group of small marine and freshwater crustaceans of which the planktonic species are important to global ecology, forming the main constituent of oceanic zooplankton. Some species are parasites of fishes.

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  • Daphnia

    Any representative of the genus Daphnia; small, planktonic crustaceans commonly referred to as 'water fleas' and often used as food for ornamental fishes. They're members of the order Cladocera and reproduce by parthenogenesis.

    Used in 749 profiles

  • formanifera

    Phylum of amoeboid microorganisms and a common constituent of marine plankton.

  • nauplius

    First larval stage in certain crustaceans, comprising an unsegmented body with three pairs of appendages. Important constituent of plankton and the diet of some fishes.

  • pelagic phase

    Period of time during the life cycle spent floating freely in the water column, usually as a larval constituent of plankton. Relatively common in marine fishes but also typical of amphidromous and diadromous species.

  • phytoplankton

    The photosynthesizing constituent of a planktonic community, consisting of algae, cyanobacteria and other microorganisms.

    Used in 28 profiles

  • zoea

    Early, planktonic larval form common in decapod crustaceans, e.g., crabs, characterised by possession of well-developed abdominal appendages and one or more spines on the carapace.