microplankton

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ plankton

Noun

microplankton (countable and uncountable, plural microplanktons)

microscopic zooplankton

Usage notes

Can refer to other size ranges

Coordinate terms

megaplankton (>20cm), macroplankton (2-20 cm), mesoplankton (0.2-20mm), microplankton (20-200μm), nanoplankton (2-20μm), picoplankton (0.2-2μm), femtoplankton (<0.2μm)

Derived terms

microplanktonic

See also

net plankton

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