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sestons

sestons is the plural of seston.

Meaning of seston

Noun

seston (countable and uncountable, plural sestons)

  1. All particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas, including plankton, organic detritus, and inorganic material.
    • Depending on mesh size and the area of investigation, net samples contain a variable mixture called seston. […] Nowadays plankton stands for the living part of seston, detritus for dead organic and inorganic particles.2000, L. Postel, H. Fock, W. Hagen, “Biomass and abundance”, in R[oger] P. Harris, P[eter] H. Wiebe, J[urgen] Lenz, H[ein-]R[une] Skjoldal, M[ark] Huntley, editors, ICES Zooplankton Methodology...

Questions about sestons

What is sestons the plural of?
Sestons is the plural of seston.

Words near sestons in the dictionary

  1. sestoles
  2. sestolet
  3. sestolets
  4. seston
  5. sestonic
  6. sestons
  7. Sestos
  8. sestrin
  9. sestrins
  10. Sestroretsk
  11. sestuor

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