macroplankton
nounEtymology From macro- + plankton.
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Plankton ranging in size from 2 to 20 centimetres in maximal dimension.
- Morphological details of individual organisms of macroplanktons are easily discernible due to their large sizes while the same is not possible with the naked eyes for femtoplanktons and other microscopic planktonic forms.(Can we date this quote?), “Plankton”, in Biology Online:
- Coordinate terms
- megaplankton, macroplankton (2-20 cm), mesoplankton (0.2-20mm), microplankton (20-200μm), nanoplankton (2-20μm), picoplankton (0.2-2μm), femtoplankton