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Plankton MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Plankton
Tree Number(s)
B05.080.500
Unique ID
D010933
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010933
Annotation
coordinate with specific organism; PHYTOPLANKTON and ZOOPLANKTON are also available; non-phototrophic bacterioplankton: index PLANKTON + BACTERIA or specific; phototrophic bacterioplankton: index PHYTOPLANKTON + BACTERIA or specific
Scope Note
Community of tiny aquatic PLANTS and ANIMALS, and photosynthetic BACTERIA, that are either free-floating or suspended in the water, with little or no power of locomotion. They are divided into PHYTOPLANKTON and ZOOPLANKTON.
See Also
Aquatic Organisms
Eutrophication
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2012/07/03
Plankton Preferred
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