Pleuston
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pleuston is a noun meaning (ecology) The organisms that live floating at the surface of water.
Meaning
(ecology) The organisms that live floating at the surface of water.
More Meanings
- (botany) Plants that live floating at the surface of water.
Example Sentences
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[…].
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include neuston, epineuston, hyponeuston, plankton, zooplankton, pseudoplankton.
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