Pseudoplankton
Organisms that cannot float, but attach themselves to planktonic organisms or other floating objects
Pseudoplanktonic organisms are those that attach themselves to planktonic organisms or other floating objects, such as drifting wood, buoyant shells of organisms such as Spirula, or man-made flotsam. Examples include goose barnacles and the bryozoan Jellyella. By themselves these animals cannot float, which contrasts them with true planktonic organisms, such as Velella and the Portuguese Man o' War, which are buoyant. Pseudoplankton are often found in the guts of filtering zooplankters.[1]
References
- ^ Sorokin, Yuri I. (12 March 2013). Coral Reef Ecology. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 96. ISBN 9783642800467.
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Plankton
- Algal bloom
- CLAW hypothesis
- High lipid content microalgae
- Holoplankton
- Marine microorganisms
- Meroplankton
- Mycoplankton
- Milky seas effect
- Paradox of the plankton
- Planktivore
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Diatom orders |
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- Brevetoxin
- Choanoflagellates
- Dinoflagellates
- Flagellum
- Pfiesteria piscicida
- Saxitoxin
- Symbiodinium
- Velvet (fish disease)
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- Aeroplankton
- Algaculture
- Algal mat
- Algal nutrient solutions
- Artificial seawater
- Autotrophs
- Biological pump
- Diel vertical migration
- Dimethylsulfoniopropionate
- f-ratio
- Fish diseases and parasites
- Heterotroph
- HNLC
- Macroalgae
- Manta trawl
- Marine mucilage
- Microbial mat
- Ocean acidification
- Marine microorganisms
- Marine primary production
- Pseudoplankton
- Stromatolite
- Tychoplankton
- Zoid
- C-MORE
- CPR
- AusCPR
- MOCNESS
- SCAR
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