Zooplankton of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
Subtitle: A Guide to Their Identification and Ecology
Contributors: Marni Fylling (Illustrator)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: February 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780801880193
Subjects: Invertebrates; Marine biology; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Ecology; Science; Gulf of Mexico; North America; North Atlantic; Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology; Life Sciences - Zoology - Invertebrates; Science / Biology; Atlantic States; Gulf States; Identification; Marine zooplankton
First sentence: Plankton (from the Greek word for wanderer) are the small organisms suspended in the water, neither attached to the bottom (benthos) nor able to swim effectively against most currents (nekton).