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phytoplankton Synonyms
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• noun (Context 1)
Microscopic, photosynthetic organisms—including diatoms, dinoflagellates, and cyanobacteria—that inhabit the sunlit upper layers of oceans and freshwater bodies, serving as the primary producers at the base of aquatic food webs and generating a major portion of Earth's atmospheric oxygen.
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microalgae
plankton
Opposites of phytoplankton
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zooplankton
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