planktonic

基本解释

Planktonic algae are at the bottom of the food chain. If more of them are around, the rest of that chain will be affected.
浮游藻类位于食物链的底层，假如它们的数量增多，那食物链的其它部分将会受到影响。
It would be expected to correlate with the distribution of planktonic algae—the ultimate drivers of biological productivity.But it does not.
人们过去以为有机物在海洋中分布与浮游海藻（生物生产力的终极动力）的分布有关，但事实并非如此。
In some places, though, iron is the limiting nutrient. Adding iron to such places should cause a bloom of planktonic algae, thus sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
然而在一些地方却缺少铁物质，在这些地方添加铁物质可以产生茂密的浮游藻类，并因此能从大气层中吸取二氧化碳。

Recent studies show that there is substantial standing genetic variation in natural populations of planktonic organisms, which provides the raw material for natural selection.
UNESCO: THEMES
These larvae feed on planktonic algae.
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