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Preferred term

zooplankton

Is replaced by

zooplankton

Definition

Plankton that consists of tiny animals, such as rotifers, copepods, and krill, and of microorganisms once classified as animals, such as dinoflagellates and other protozoans.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Note

[source of definition ] The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved" , "[controlled by ] Heikki Hamalainen

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_641

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 3/27/22

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