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plankton

(Science: marine biology) small (often microscopic) plants and animals floating, drifting or weakly swimming in bodies of fresh or salt water. The aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water.Small organisms that inhabit aquatic communities that mostly lie suspended in the water.


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zooplankton

... thiske Asst. proff. at govt. College Rajnandagon state chattisgarh INDIA. sir i doing my phd in the subject of limnology. and the study of phytoplankton and zooplankto is the part of my researech, if u have any litrature which is related to quanititative and qualitative study of plankton u send ...

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by sanjaythiske
Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:30 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: zooplankton
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Is it part of plankton? Is it a fungus? No No How many questions we already have now? :roll: :mrgreen:

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by DoctorStein
Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:28 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Twenty questions"-biology game
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Views: 88722

"Twenty questions"-biology game

Is it part of plankton? Is it a fungus?

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by Cat
Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:34 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Twenty questions"-biology game
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Views: 88722

Do all cells have the ability to perform photosynthesis?

@blcr11 "plankton" is an ecological term that includes all organisms that float in the water(although an Euglena uses its flagellum and is still included in plankton). You cannot use it a systematic term. Plankton includes ...

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by MrMistery
Sat May 17, 2008 8:37 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Do all cells have the ability to perform photosynthesis?
Replies: 11
Views: 3464

Re: Do all cells have the ability to perform photosynthesis?

No. Only plants, some algae, some plankton (not sure where they are classified), and a very few archaebacteria (I think) can do photosynthesis. We lack the light harvesting centers and the enzymes like Rubisco that fix carbon dioxide.

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by blcr11
Fri May 16, 2008 6:16 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Do all cells have the ability to perform photosynthesis?
Replies: 11
Views: 3464
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