microphytobenthic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

micro- +‎ phytobenthic

Adjective[edit]

microphytobenthic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the microphytobenthos.
    • 2015 August 12, “Trophic Dynamics of Filter Feeding Bivalves in the Yangtze Estuarine Intertidal Marsh: Stable Isotope and Fatty Acid Analyses”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Many ecologists have shown that different bivalve species modify sediment properties, phytoplankton, bacterial communities and microphytobenthic biomass differently which were associated with their feeding ecologies.