"Oceanic phytoplankton seems generally to be associated with low biodiversity, and phytoplankton biodiversity does not correlate with zooplankton biodiversity ..."
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Michael D. Guiry: (quote from pp. 1060–1061)
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Plankton
1835 – 1924
Plankton are those aquatic living organisms that float and lack the ability to swim against significant currents in large bodies of water. The term was introduced by the German zoologist Victor Hensen (1835–1924).
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