planktonic organisms smaller than 40 microns in diameter
: also sp. ˌnanoˈplankton
Word origin
< nano- + plankton
nannoplankton in American English
(ˌnænəˈplæŋktən)
noun
the smallest of the microplankton; the aquatic organisms that can pass through fine mesh plankton nets
Also: nanoplankton
Word origin
[1910–15; nanno- + plankton]
Examples of 'nannoplankton' in a sentence
nannoplankton
The assemblages of calcareous nannoplankton/nannofossils and their significance are presented.
Carmen Chira 2001, 'The Badenian calcareous nannoplankton from Turda and Ocna Dej mines (TransylvanianBasin, Romania)', Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai: Geologiahttp://scholarcommons.usf.edu/geologia/vol46/iss2/art12/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The chronostratigraphical position of some localities was ascertained from planktic and larger benthic foraminifera, as well as calcareous nannoplankton.
GYÖRGY LESS, ERCAN ÖZCAN, MÁRIA BÁLDI-BEKE, KATALIN KOLLÁNYI 2007, 'THANETIAN AND EARLY YPRESIAN ORTHOPHRAGMINES (FORAMINIFERA: DISCOCYCLINIDAE AND ORBITOCLYPEIDAE)FROM THE CENTRAL WESTERN TETHYS (TURKEY, ITALY AND BULGARIA) AND THEIR REVISED TAXONOMYAND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY', Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafiahttps://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/5884. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nannoplankton extinctions were not simultaneous and might imply limited capacity for adaptation in the early stages of evolutionary history.
CINZIA BOTTINI, FLAVIO JADOUL, MANUEL RIGO, MARIACHIARA ZAFFANI, CLAUDIO ARTONI, ELISABETTAERBA 2016, 'CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS AT THE TRIASSIC/JURASSIC BOUNDARY: STRATIGRAPHIC AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHICCHARACTERIZATION', Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafiahttps://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7726. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)