plankton

22 Aug, 2014

suspended organisms of many types drifting in bodies of water and a crucial part of the food webs of oceans and reefs. Includes zooplankton (animals), phytoplankton (algae), and bacterioplankton (archaea or bacteria). From the Greek “planktos,” meaning “drifter.” Individual items are known as plankters.

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