| 释义 |
epiplankton Zool.|ɛpɪˈplæŋktɒn|
[epi- 1.]
That portion of the plankton occurring from the surface of the sea to a depth of about one hundred fathoms. Hence ˌepiplankˈtonic a.
1898Proc. Zool. Soc. 13 Dec. 1024 As the Collozoum occurred in 30% of the Epiplankton hauls..I think we are justified in regarding it as essentially epiplanktonic. 1923W. A. Herdman Founders Oceanogr. viii. 231 Epi-, Meso- and Bathy-plankton. 1967Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. V. 320 The animal in question has a larval stage, or by epiplanktonic drift, in which mature stages are carried across the ocean adhering to floating material. |