picoplankton
English
Etymology
Noun
picoplankton (uncountable)
- The plankton composed of cells between 0.2 and 2 micrometers.
- 2007 January 9, Douglas Martin, “John Sieburth, 79, Who Studied Various Types of Marine Life, Dies”, in New York Times[1]:
- He and P. W. Johnson confirmed the recent discovery of a species of photosynthetic picoplankton, using electron microscopes to perceive fluorescence produced by the chlorophyll of the organisms.