Plankton Flashcards
What do you call the largest plankton based on their size?
Megaplankton
Examples of meroplankton
lobster larvae, coral
Examples of kinetic plankton?
Krill, Daphnia
Plankton that can move
Kinetic
archaeans and bacteria
Bacterioplankton
free viruses (the most abundant plankton of all)
Viriplankton
ALL THINGS that drift and float in the ocean (BOTH LIVING + NON-LIVING); particles suspended in the ocean
Seston
actively swimming organisms, essentially independent of wave and currant action
Nekton
Plankton that can’t move
Akinetic
heterotrophic (can’t produce it’s own food) organisms that have to eat other organisms like phytoplankton.
Zooplankton
LIVING organisms that drift or weakly swim, suspended in the water.Their horizontal position is to dependent on the mass flow of water rather than their own swimming effort; living/drifting seston
Plankton
autotrophic (can produce it’s own food) organisms that float in the ocean; primary producers
Phytoplankton
Examples of zooplankton
Jellyfish, Daphnia
Examples of Akinetic plankton
Diatoms, Radiolarians
Examples of phytoplankton
Diatom, algae
NON-LIVING things that drift and float in the ocean, non-living seston, mineral particles and detritus
Tripton
Planktonic organism that actually BREACH the surface of the ocean and are carried by wind as well as ocean currents
Pleuston
What has the biggest affect on the abundance of plankton?
Sunlight
planktonic organisms that LIVE AT OR NEAR the ocean surface
Neuston
Organisms spend their ENTIRE life drifting in the ocean; organisms that are planktonic throughout entire life
Holoplankton
Less diverse diatoms and invertebrate meroplankton
Oceanic
Distinguished by presence of meroplankton and diverse diatoms
Neretic
Meroplankton
Organisms that only spends PART of its life drifting; Planktonic larvae that will grow into non-planktonic organisms
