Noun
the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water
Source: WordNetAll plankton ecosystems are driven by the input of solar energy (but see chemosynthesis ), confining primary production to surface waters, and to geographical regions and seasons having abundant light. Source: Internet
Although most adult Pacific salmon feed on small fish, shrimp, and squid, sockeye feed on plankton they filter through gill rakers. Source: Internet
At sea they fall prey to just about any creatures that feed by sieving plankton from the sea, from the great plankton-feeding whales down. Source: Internet
Bioluminescent plankton lit up the waves at Fountainstown Beach, just south of Cork City this week. Source: Internet
Bioluminescent species are also well represented (including species in different colour spectrum and forms), like the glowing plankton that are possible to observe in some beaches. Source: Internet
As a result of this pioneering study in 2004, Thompson coined the phrase “microplastics”, for fragments smaller than 5mm (and which are now so ubiquitous that some plankton have been found to ingest them). Source: Internet