| 单词 | net plankton |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnet plankton net plankton n. Biology plankton caught in, or large enough to be caught in, a net (often one having a specified mesh size). ΚΠ 1914 Jrnl. Ecol. 2 124 The seasonal distribution of the minute Coccolothophoridae..was found to correspond in essentials with that of the larger plankton forms (net-plankton). 1952 P. S. Welch Limnology (ed. 2) ix. 254 In most, if not all, natural waters, the nannoplankton greatly exceeds in quantity the net plankton. 1991 M. Allaby Conc. Oxf. Dict. Zool. 304/2 Plankton are sometimes divided into net plankton (more than 25 μm diameter) and nanoplankton, which are too small to be caught in a plankton net. 1998 Jrnl. Great Lakes Res. 24 808 We collected two size classes of Lake Michigan net plankton (63 to 243 μm, 243+ μm) plus macroinvertebrates during a cruise off Grand Haven, Michigan. < as lemmas |
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