periphyton
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See also: périphyton and Periphyton
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Noun
[edit]periphyton (countable and uncountable, plural periphytons)
- (ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
- 2009 January 30, R. S. Oremland et al., Science[1]:
- Indeed, the tight coupling of As(V) reduction/As(III) oxidation has been seen in periphyton samples and salt-saturated anoxic sediments from Searles Lake.