plankter Biol.
(ˈplæŋktə(r))
[f. plankton + -er1.]
= planktont.
| 1938 J. R. Carpenter Ecol. Gloss. 208 Plankt, plankter, individual organisms comprising plankton. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. xvii. 899 The only auto⁓trophic truly open-water plankter so far encountered that requires accessory organic substances other than vitamin B12, the marine diatom Ditylum. 1973 Nature 21/28 Dec. 521/1 This mechanism augmented by a rapid turnover in biomass, especially of small plankters, could account for the low residue concentrations in Gulf plankton following periods of light precipitation. |