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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. medical sciences
  3. toxicology
  4. aquatic organisms
  5. plankton
  6. zooplankton
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. medical sciences
  3. toxicology
  4. aquatic organisms
  5. plankton
  6. zooplankton
  1. Fields of Study
  2. medical sciences
  3. toxicology
  4. aquatic organisms
  5. plankton
  6. zooplankton
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. medical sciences
  3. toxicology
  4. aquatic organisms
  5. plankton
  6. zooplankton
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. aquatic organisms
  4. plankton
  5. zooplankton

Preferred term

zooplankton

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information Free-floating, minute, often microscopic, animals of aquatic systems. They include protozoa, rotifers, crustaceans, and larvae of larger animals, such as annelids and fish, that feed on other plankton.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • macrozooplankton
  • mesozooplankton
  • microzooplankton

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/58488

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