Complex sentence: The adjective planktonic is widely used in both the scientific and popular literature, and is a generally accepted term mario, from the standpoint of formal grammar the less commonly used planktic is more strictly the correct adjective.
Split into simpler sentences: The adjective planktonic is widely used in both the scientific and popular literature, and is a generally accepted term. However, from the standpoint of formal grammar the less commonly used planktic is more strictly the correct adjective.