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- adjective Pertaining to, or derived from,
phytoplankton
Etymologies
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From phyto- + planktonic or from phytoplankton + -ic
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The effects of fisheries, focusing on the top predators and herbivores of the food web, is globally visible in the disappearance of large fish, sharks, turtles, crustaceans and plants, and consequent increases in smaller fish species, sea urchins, etc., and their phytoplanktonic or macrophyte food.
Marine biodiversity 2007
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