单词 | epiplankton |
释义 | epiplanktonn. Zoology. That portion of the plankton occurring from the surface of the sea to a depth of about one hundred fathoms. ΚΠ 1898 Proc. Zool. Soc. 13 Dec. 1024 As the Collozoum occurred in 30% of the Epiplankton hauls..I think we are justified in regarding it as essentially epiplanktonic. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 721/2 The fauna to which light and warmth are more or less necessary..may be termed the epiplankton. 1923 W. A. Herdman Founders Oceanogr. viii. 231 Epi-, Meso- and Bathy-plankton. Derivatives ˌepiplankˈtonic adj. ΚΠ 1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 320 The animal in question has a larval stage, or by epiplanktonic drift, in which mature stages are carried across the ocean adhering to floating material. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1898 |
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