different between nekton vs pleuston
nekton
English
Etymology
Coined in 1890 by Ernst Haeckel, from Greek ?????? (n?któn), "the swimming". (See Wikipedia.)
Noun
nekton (countable and uncountable, plural nektons)
- (zoology) All organisms in the ocean that are capable of swimming independently of currents.
Coordinate terms
- plankton
Derived terms
- micronekton
- nektonic
Translations
Anagrams
- Kenton
nekton From the web:
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pleuston
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (pleûsis, “sailing”), from ???? (plé?).
Noun
pleuston (uncountable)
- (ecology) The organisms that live floating at the surface of water.
- 1974, G. O. Mackie, VIII: Location, Flotation and Dispersal, Leonard Muscatine, Howard M. Lenhoff (editors), Coelenterate Biology: Reviews and New Perspectives, Academic Press, page 313,
- They[Cnidarians] are also the dominant organisms of the marine pleuston, providing food or substrate for a variety of other invertebrates living at the air-water interface […] .
- 1983, John E. G. Raymont, James Dennis Burton, Keith R. Dyer, Plankton and Productivity in the Oceans: Zooplankton, Pergamon Press, page 9,
- These animals form the pleuston. Zaitsev (1971) differentiates between the neuston and the pleuston, while admitting that the distinction may be somewhat blurred. Both populations are associated with the surface film. That part of a pleuston animal which projects above the water surface can withstand prolonged desiccation and exposure to direct sunlight.
- 1974, G. O. Mackie, VIII: Location, Flotation and Dispersal, Leonard Muscatine, Howard M. Lenhoff (editors), Coelenterate Biology: Reviews and New Perspectives, Academic Press, page 313,
- (botany) Plants that live floating at the surface of water.
Usage notes
- With regard to animals, distinction is made between the pleuston and the neuston. While the distinction is not always made clear, one distinction made is that the pleuston are those whose buoyancy restricts them to living at or near the surface, while the neuston inhabit the surface itself, supported mainly by surface tension.
Hypernyms
- (botany): hydrophyte
Derived terms
- pleustonic
Related terms
- pleustal
Translations
See also
- plankton
- nekton
- neuston
References
Anagrams
- upstolen
Spanish
Noun
pleuston m (uncountable)
- pleuston
pleuston From the web:
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- what does platonic mean
- what is pleuston in biology
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