Plankton

"Plankton" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Community of tiny aquatic PLANTS and ANIMALS, and photosynthetic BACTERIA, that are either free-floating or suspended in the water, with little or no power of locomotion. They are divided into PHYTOPLANKTON and ZOOPLANKTON.

Descriptor ID	D010933
MeSH Number(s)	B05.080.500
Concept/Terms	Plankton Plankton

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Organisms [B]
Organism Forms [B05]
Aquatic Organisms [B05.080]
Plankton [B05.080.500]

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