microplanktonn.
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌplaŋ(k)tən/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌplæŋ(k)t(ə)n/ Biology.
Microscopic or very small plankton.
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brit1838
limnoplankton1893
zooplankton1897
meroplankton1899
potamoplankton1899
pseudoplankton1899
cryoplankton1902
hypoplankton1902
microplankton1903
haloplankton1909
holoplankton1909
meroplankton1909
nanoplankton1912
neuston1928
aeroplankton1932
staph1933
astroplankton1954
picoplankton1978
1903 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 638 Spinelli publishes a first contribution to the marine flora of Sicily... The micro~plankton of the Sicilian coast has not been included.
1928 Ecology 9 50 They [sc. oysters] would fall into his category ‘suspension feeders’ living on microplankton forms and detritus derived from these.
1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles xiv. 319 Marine microplankton has also been found [in the Wealden area].
1991 R. Goldring Fossils in Field i. 4 More precise stratigraphical information may be obtained from thin muddy partings, yielding spores, pollen and occasional microplankton.
2000 Environmental Monitoring & Assessment 59 123 The main bulk of the microplankton were comprised of diatoms, dinoflagellates, ciliophora and blue green algae.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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