macroplanktonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

macroplankton (countable and uncountable, plural macroplanktons)

1. Plankton ranging in size from 2 to 20 centimetres in maximal dimension.
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Plankton”, in Biology Online‎:

     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.

使用する際の注意点

• Can refer to other size ranges

等位語

• megaplankton (>20cm), macroplankton (2-20 cm), mesoplankton (0.2-20mm), microplankton (20-200μm), nanoplankton (2-20μm), picoplankton (0.2-2μm), femtoplankton (<0.2μm)