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microphytobenthos

microphytobenthos noun: very small phytobenthos.

Noun

microphytobenthos (uncountable)

  1. very small phytobenthos
    • Further, and as already mentioned in relation to potential fisheries yield, a model driven by pelagic primary production provides minimum estimates of consumer biomass and production because it ignores primary production by microphytobenthos, coral reef algae, macroalgae, seagrasses, marsh plants...2015 July 31, “Predicting Consumer Biomass, Size-Structure, Production, Catch Potential, Responses to Fishing and Associated Uncertainties in the World’s Marine Ecosystems”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of microphytobenthos

From micro- + phytobenthos.

Questions about microphytobenthos

What does microphytobenthos mean?
Microphytobenthos means very small phytobenthos.
What part of speech is microphytobenthos?
Microphytobenthos is a noun.

Words near microphytobenthos in the dictionary

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

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