macrozooplankton
macrozooplankton noun: any relatively large plankton, visible to the naked eye; the minimum size is defined in various sources as from 0.5 mm to 5.0 mm.
Noun
macrozooplankton (uncountable)
- Any relatively large plankton, visible to the naked eye; the minimum size is defined in various sources as from 0.5 mm to 5.0 mm.
- Since the late 1970s, macrozooplankton volume in the California Current has declined over 70%, in concert with increasing sea surface temperatures (1, 2 ).1999 May 14, Kenneth L. Smith, Ronald S. Kaufmann, “Long-Term Discrepancy Between Food Supply and Demand in the Deep Eastern North Pacific”, in Science, volume 284, number 5417, →DOI, pages 1174–1177
Origin of macrozooplankton
From macro- + zooplankton.
Words formed from macrozooplankton
Questions about macrozooplankton
- What does macrozooplankton mean?
- Macrozooplankton means any relatively large plankton, visible to the naked eye; the minimum size is defined in various sources as from 0.5 mm to 5.0 mm.
- What part of speech is macrozooplankton?
- Macrozooplankton is a noun.
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