macrozooplankton

noun

Any relatively large plankton, visible to the naked eye; the minimum size is defined in various sources as from 0.5 mm to 5.0 mm.

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Meanings

nounmacrozooplankton (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAny relatively large plankton, visible to the naked eye; the minimum size is defined in various sources as from 0.5 mm to 5.0 mm.

    Since the late 1970s, macrozooplankton volume in the California Current has declined over 70%, in concert with increasing sea surface temperatures (1, 2 ).

    1999 May 14, Kenneth L. Smith, Ronald S. Kaufmann, “Long-Term Discrepancy Between Food Supply and Demand in the Deep Eastern North Pacific”, in Science, volume 284, number 5417, →DOI, pages 1174–1177

Origin

From macro- + zooplankton.

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