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nekton

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nekton: see marine biology marine biology, study of ocean plants and animals and their ecological relationships. Marine organisms may be classified (according to their mode of life) as nektonic, planktonic, or benthic. Nektonic animals are those that swim and migrate freely, e.g.
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nekton [′nek·tən]
(invertebrate zoology)
Free-swimming aquatic animals, essentially independent of water movements.


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Nekton designed flexible fins for use on an underwater vehicle that makes use of this oscillating motion.
Plants and animals arrive as plankton (drifters), nekton (free-swimming), fouling organisms (attached inside and on the hulls, propellers, and intake systems of vessels), and benthos (bottom dwellers).
NASDAQ) and Chairman and CFO of Nekton Diving Cruises, Inc.
 
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