zooplankton
noun[U]
uk/ˌzəʊ.əˈplæŋk.tən/us/ˌzoʊ.əˈplæŋk.tən/verysmallanimalsthatfloatnear thesurfaceofwaterand on which otherseacreaturesfeed
浮游动物
| 单词 | zooplankton |
| 释义 | zooplankton noun[U] uk/ˌzəʊ.əˈplæŋk.tən/us/ˌzoʊ.əˈplæŋk.tən/verysmallanimalsthatfloatnear thesurfaceofwaterand on which otherseacreaturesfeed 浮游动物zooplankton| American Dictionaryzooplankton plural noun us/ˌzoʊ·əˈplæŋk·tən/biology verysmallanimalsthatfloatnear thesurfaceofwater Examplesofzooplanktonzooplankton The role ofzooplanktonin the transmission of helminth parasites to fish. From theCambridge English Corpus The habitat is rich in fauna including a range ofzooplankton, fish and birds. From theCambridge English Corpus As a consequence of the gradient in environmental conditions, the distribution ofzooplanktonand definitive hosts is also influenced. From theCambridge English Corpus Initially, the constraints of small jaw size in larval fish necessitate feeding onzooplankton, which are difficult to detect visually. From theCambridge English Corpus In tropical waters,zooplanktonare a dominant trophic link to pelagic fish. From theCambridge English Corpus This decline was attributed to climatic changes that affected the entire food chain fromzooplanktonto fish, sea birds and marine mammals. From theCambridge English Corpus This pattern also determines the distribution ofzooplankton, with a characteristic specific composition in different water masses. From theCambridge English Corpus It is not immediately clear why this should be so, but it may relate to abundance ofzooplankton. From theCambridge English Corpus In addition, mysids can migrate into thezooplankton. From theCambridge English Corpus They were part of a complex trophic web of the time including primary producers (phytoplankton) and primary to tertiary consumers (zooplanktonand filterfeeders, suspension and deposit feeders, and invertebrate predators). From theCambridge English Corpus We were unable to count particles on the 250 and 125 m sieves owing to the abundance ofzooplanktonfaecal pellets that obscured the charcoal. From theCambridge English Corpus Cladocerans amounted to maximum 5% of thezooplanktonnumbers, and rotifers were always at relative abundances lower than 1%, possibly due to inadequate mesh size to sample all rotifer species. From theCambridge English Corpus Crustaceanzooplanktonfood web structure in lakes of varying acidity. From theCambridge English Corpus In weak ones, anchoveta andzooplanktonboth consume phytoplankton and are in turn ingested by carnivores. From theCambridge English Corpus Zooplanktonwas sampled in the coastal and in the pelagic zone (c. 2.5 km offshore). From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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