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microphytobenthic

microphytobenthic adjective: relating to the microphytobenthos.

Adjective

microphytobenthic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the microphytobenthos.
    • Many ecologists have shown that different bivalve species modify sediment properties, phytoplankton, bacterial communities and microphytobenthic biomass differently which were associated with their feeding ecologies.2015 August 12, “Trophic Dynamics of Filter Feeding Bivalves in the Yangtze Estuarine Intertidal Marsh: Stable Isotope and Fatty Acid Analyses”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of microphytobenthic

From micro- + phytobenthic.

Questions about microphytobenthic

What does microphytobenthic mean?
Microphytobenthic means relating to the microphytobenthos.
What part of speech is microphytobenthic?
Microphytobenthic is an adjective.

Words near microphytobenthic in the dictionary

  1. microphysiology
  2. microphytal
  3. microphyte
  4. microphytes
  5. microphytic
  6. microphytobenthic
  7. microphytobenthos
  8. microphytology
  9. microphytoplankton
  10. microphytoplanktonic
  11. micropia

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