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- Neuston, also called pleuston, are organisms that live at the surface of a body of water, such as an ocean, estuary, lake, river, wetland or pond. Neuston...
- Organisms that live freely at the ocean surface, termed neuston, include keystone organisms like the golden seaweed Sarg****um that makes up the Sarg****o...
- Physaliidae. The Portuguese man o' war is a con****uous member of the neuston, the community of organisms that live at the surface of the ocean. It has...
- comparisons among studies. Floating debris typically is sampled with a neuston or manta trawl net lined with 0.33 mm [0.013 in] mesh. Given the very high...
- propel itself (though generally insufficient to overcome strong currents). Neuston (organisms, including microscopic, living at the surface of the water)...
- that live partly in and partly out of the water like this are known as neuston. Offs**** boaters sometimes encounter thousands of V. velella on the water...
- four main groups according to their positions within the water column. Neustons ("floaters"), more specifically the zooneustons, inhabit the surface ecosystem...
- plants rooted in the bottom, but with leaves floating on the water surface Neuston: vascular plants that float freely in the water Macrophytes perform many...
- differentiates these organisms from those that float on the water's surface, called neuston, those that can swim against a current, called n****n, and those that live...
- Benthos (organisms that live at the ocean floor) can be contrasted with neuston (organisms that live at the ocean surface) plankton (organisms that drift...