Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The collection of microscopic and small organisms that inhabit the region on or just below the surface of a body of water.
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- noun biology All the
organisms that live at thesurface ofwater
Etymologies
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And we have studies looking at organisms from sponges to sharks, looking at the food chain, both on the bottom of the ocean and also on the extreme layer of - a very thin layer called the neuston, the very surface of the ocean.
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And we have studies looking at organisms from sponges to sharks, looking at the food chain, both on the bottom of the ocean and also on the extreme layer of - a very thin layer called the neuston, the very surface of the ocean.
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And we have studies looking at organisms from sponges to sharks, looking at the food chain, both on the bottom of the ocean and also on the extreme layer of - a very thin layer called the neuston, the very surface of the ocean.
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And we have studies looking at organisms from sponges to sharks, looking at the food chain, both on the bottom of the ocean and also on the extreme layer of - a very thin layer called the neuston, the very surface of the ocean.
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And we have studies looking at organisms from sponges to sharks, looking at the food chain, both on the bottom of the ocean and also on the extreme layer of - a very thin layer called the neuston, the very surface of the ocean.
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And we have studies looking at organisms from sponges to sharks, looking at the food chain, both on the bottom of the ocean and also on the extreme layer of - a very thin layer called the neuston, the very surface of the ocean.
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Two tools come in handy when you are plankton sampling; the Neuston net and the Bongo net. The Neuston net, also commonly known as the manta net due to its shape like a manta ray, samples the very surface layer of the ocean, also known as the neuston layer. After a neuston tow, the tiny organisms caught at the cod end of the net are put into a sieve where organisms such as crab megalopae (crab larvae), larval fish, and Velella (colonial jellyfish found only in the neuston) are frozen for later analysis in the lab
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Two tools come in handy when you are plankton sampling; the Neuston net and the Bongo net. The Neuston net, also commonly known as the manta net due to its shape like a manta ray, samples the very surface layer of the ocean, also known as the neuston layer. After a neuston tow, the tiny organisms caught at the cod end of the net are put into a sieve where organisms such as crab megalopae (crab larvae), larval fish, and Velella (colonial jellyfish found only in the neuston) are frozen for later analysis in the lab
qms commented on the word neuston
Now Big Oil’s determined to drill
In waters that can’t risk a spill
The poison is loosed on
The delicate neustron
To suffocate, wither and kill.
March 11, 2018