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Plankton  

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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.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VBTDW2GZ-J

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