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... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON

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PLANKTON  

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  • Plankton refers to any community of floating or weakly swimming organism;mostly microscopic, living in freshwater and saltwater habitats.

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  • 2016-07-12 10:15:37.0 [gee-cee] update Definition (Plankton refers to any community of floating or weakly swimming organism;mostly microscopic, living in freshwater and saltwater habitats.); update Definition (Starr, C. and R. Taggart. 1998. Biology: the unity and diversity of life. Wadsworth Publishing Company. Belmont, California. );

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