Post by DrBlueThumb on Apr 5, 2017 15:34:50 GMT
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PLANKTON SIZE DIVISIONS
DIVISION EXAMPLES (listing both Phytoplankton and zooplankton) SIZES
Femtoplankton marine viruses < 0.2 μm
Picoplankton Chrysophyta, small eukaryotic protists; bacteria 0.2 – 2μm
Nanoplankton Pyrrophyta, Chrysophyta, Chlorophyta, Xanthophyta, and small eukartotic protists, diatoms, flagellates 2 – 20μm
Microplankton Ciliates, Copepod and other crustacean nauplii, Foraminiferans, juvenile metazoans, Rotifers 20 – 200μm
Mesoplankton Chaetognaths, Cladocera, Copepods, Euphausids, Heteropoda, Medusae, Metazoans, Ostracoda, Pteropods, Tunicata; larval and post larval crustaceans .2 – 2mm
Macroplankton Cephalopods, Ctenophores, Chaetognaths, Doliolids, Euphausids, Medusae, Myctophids, Pteropods, Pyrosomes, Salps, Sergestids 2 – 20mm
Megaplankton Cephalopods, Ctenophores, Jellyfish, Pyrosomes, Salps, Scyphozoans, Thalacians (Gelatinous plankton) > 20mm
PLANKTON SIZE DIVISIONS
DIVISION EXAMPLES (listing both Phytoplankton and zooplankton) SIZES
Femtoplankton marine viruses < 0.2 μm
Picoplankton Chrysophyta, small eukaryotic protists; bacteria 0.2 – 2μm
Nanoplankton Pyrrophyta, Chrysophyta, Chlorophyta, Xanthophyta, and small eukartotic protists, diatoms, flagellates 2 – 20μm
Microplankton Ciliates, Copepod and other crustacean nauplii, Foraminiferans, juvenile metazoans, Rotifers 20 – 200μm
Mesoplankton Chaetognaths, Cladocera, Copepods, Euphausids, Heteropoda, Medusae, Metazoans, Ostracoda, Pteropods, Tunicata; larval and post larval crustaceans .2 – 2mm
Macroplankton Cephalopods, Ctenophores, Chaetognaths, Doliolids, Euphausids, Medusae, Myctophids, Pteropods, Pyrosomes, Salps, Sergestids 2 – 20mm
Megaplankton Cephalopods, Ctenophores, Jellyfish, Pyrosomes, Salps, Scyphozoans, Thalacians (Gelatinous plankton) > 20mm
