planktonic
- a word derived from plankton.
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This study has only worked on the planktonic foraminifera, however there are many other microfossil groups which have important roles in marine food webs which need to be studied.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2024
“From these preliminary observations there appears to be some direct correlation of the planktonic animals with the scattering layer,” Johnson wrote.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 20, 2022
Biofilms respond poorly or only temporarily to antibiotics; it has been said that they can resist up to 1,000 times the antibiotic concentrations used to kill the same bacteria when they are free-living or planktonic.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Puckett, T. M. Santonian–Maastrichtian planktonic foraminiferal and ostracode biostratigraphy of the northern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA.
From Nature ● Apr. 10, 2018
The researchers pointed to a form of planktonic alga known as Emiliania huxleyi, which in laboratory experiments was able to adapt to some extent to counter the negative effects acidification had upon it.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2017
