Organisms

Plankton

Community of tiny aquatic PLANTS and ANIMALS, and photosynthetic BACTERIA, that are either free-floating or suspended in the water, with little or no power of locomotion. They are divided into PHYTOPLANKTON and ZOOPLANKTON.

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Community of tiny aquatic PLANTS and ANIMALS, and photosynthetic BACTERIA, that are either free-floating or suspended in the water, with little or no power of locomotion. They are divided into PHYTOPLANKTON and ZOOPLANKTON.

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17 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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coordinate with specific organism; PHYTOPLANKTON and ZOOPLANKTON are also available; non-phototrophic bacterioplankton: index PLANKTON + BACTERIA or specific; phototrophic bacterioplankton: index PHYTOPLANKTON + BACTERIA or specific

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  1. B05.080w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Plankton. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010933. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010933
  2. Plankton. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankton
  3. Plankton. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25367