planktonic
- a word derived from plankton.
Example Sentences
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As the chemistry of the water shifted, the team also detected a rise in planktonic cells, suggesting that more microbes were present in the water column than before.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2025
“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
Low diversity of planktonic bacteria in the tropical ocean.
From Nature ● Oct. 31, 2017
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
Marine life was decimated during the 100,000 years of the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, and the dark part of the core represents the absence of carbonate sediment from planktonic organisms.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
