Look up: nekton

1. Nekton
   Organisms with swimming abilities that permit them to move actively through the water column and to move against currents
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2. nekton
   [n] - the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales
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3. nekton
   nekton: organisms that swim actively in the water Category: Botany and zoology
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4. nekton
   noun the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales
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5. nekton
   the assemblage of pelagic animals that swim freely, independent of water motion or wind. Only three phyla are represented by adult forms. Chordate ... [5 related articles]
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6. nekton
   nekton 1. Animals of the pelagic zone of a sea, or lake, that are free-swimming and independent of tides, currents, and waves; such as, fish, whales, squid, crabs, and shrimps. 2. Nekton swim and are not simply carried passively by currents. Nekton are limited in distribution by temperature and nu...
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7. Nekton
   Nekton refers to the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water (usually oceans or lakes) able to move independently of water currents. Nekton are contrasted with plankton which refers to the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring ...
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8. nekton
   free-swimming animals that control their own direction in the water column, such as fish. See plankton and benthos.
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9. nekton
   nekton: see marine biology.
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10. nekton
    (Gk: nekho to swim; nektos swimming) animals that swim actively in the water, including fishes and whales. Free swimming plankton organisms like krill, are called either micronekton or macrozooplankton.
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