plankton
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- noun
- /ˈplæŋktən/
- Specialized
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plancton
- Many fish rely on plankton, which are tiny organisms found in both fresh and salt water.
- plankton and algae
- plankton net
- plankton samples
There's stories about plankton, like when in early Earth there was no oxygen.
- There's stories about plankton, like when in early Earth there was no oxygen.
- Sardines don't eat other fish, they eat plankton.
- Swam in the sea at night time, glow in the dark plankton.
- But a guy of PIMCO told me a long time ago, Paul McCauley said you can't starve the plankton because if you start the plankton in the ocean, the big whales die, right?
- So what I've attached to this plankton net is a long thing of rope, of waterproof rope so that I can throw it off of Piers, don't have to worry about it.
- This goes all the way down until you get the plankton.
- It was the bottleneck in terms of, you know, plankton and other things existing in that in that place.
- I mean, so let me ask you, what's the difference between an oil drop and a little tadpole or a little lava or plankton?
Examples
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Like a whale sifts tiny krill and plankton from the ocean.
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Larvae develop for a time in the plankton before becoming competent to metamorphose.
Academic text (1998) -
Some eat plankton, some eat other fish.
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You want me to take a plankton sample?
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The larvae are found in the plankton between March and May of each year.
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Among these is plankton, which supplies 60 to 90% of the earth's oxygen.
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Barnacles have larval stage that floats around in the plankton and then they settle on rocks.
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There were reports of red discoloration of waters, indicating a plankton bloom, which can produce skin, eye, and respiratory irritation.
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As the predominant filter feeder, oysters consume plankton that would otherwise remain suspended in the water column.
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Runoff provides nutrients to feed plankton and removes CO2 from the air through the weathering process.
Academic text (1991)
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plankton comes from the Greek word planktos, which means 'drifting' or 'wandering' and is the same idea behind planet (Greek for 'wanderer'). So, plankton are the tiny plants and animals that float and drift in the water.