picoplankton
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]picoplankton (uncountable)
- The plankton composed of cells between 0.2 and 2 micrometers.
- 2007 January 9, Douglas Martin, “John Sieburth, 79, Who Studied Various Types of Marine Life, Dies”, in New York Times[1]:
- He and P. W. Johnson confirmed the recent discovery of a species of photosynthetic picoplankton, using electron microscopes to perceive fluorescence produced by the chlorophyll of the organisms.
Usage notes
[edit]- Can refer to other size ranges
Coordinate terms
[edit]- megaplankton (>20cm), macroplankton (2-20 cm), mesoplankton (0.2-20mm), microplankton (20-200μm), nanoplankton (2-20μm), picoplankton (0.2-2μm), femtoplankton (<0.2μm)