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Just what IS “plankton,” anyway? Does this small swimming crab count?

February 27, 2017
TAS ’15 DJ Kast found this swimming crab in a plankton sample collected off the mid-Atlantic bight.

Photo: DJ Kast

What are plankton? Plankton is a Greek-based word that means drifter or wanderer. This suits these organisms well since they are not able to withstand the current and are constantly adrift. Plankton are usually divided by size (pico, nano, micro, meso, macro, mega). In the plankton tows, we are primarily focused on the macro, meso and megaplankton that are usually with in the size range of 0.2- 20 mm (meso), 2-20 cm (macro), and above 20 cm (mega) respectively.
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