Periphyton

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periphyton [pə′rif·ə‚tän]

(ecology)

Sessile biotal components of a fresh-water ecosystem.

Periphyton

freshwater organisms that live attached to the underwater parts of riverboats, beacons, piers, and other man-made structures. The term was proposed by the Soviet hydrobiologist A. L. Bening in 1924. It was subsequently used to designate the overgrowth of marine hydroengineering structures with organisms. At present, the term is almost never used and has been replaced by the term “fouling.”

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No references found			For example, freshwater snails have been shown to spend more time in patches of periphyton than on patches without food (Kawata & Hiroko 1999). Food dependent movement of periwinkles (Littorina littorea) ... by Lauzon-Guay, Jean-Sebastien; Scheibling, Robert E. / Journal of Shellfish Research Diatoms were grouped according to their habitat into plankton and periphyton, the latter including benthic, epilithic, and epiphytic life forms, and into brackish-water, salinity-in-different, and freshwater taxa according to their salinity preferences. Litorina Sea sediments of ancient Vaana Lagoon, northwestern Estonia/ ... by Saarse, Leili; Heinsalu, Atko; Veski, Siim / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences Periphyton communities and their enviroments in New Zealand rivers. Variacao sazonal de alguns parametros fisicos e quimicos em tres rios ... by Krupek, Rogério Antônio; Zanini Branco, Ciro Cesar; Peres, Cleto Kaveski / Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences (UEM)			peripheral device peripheral equipment peripheral faults peripheral hemodynamics peripheral initiation peripheral interconnect peripheral interface channel peripheral membrane protein peripheral milling peripheral nervous system peripheral operation peripheral processing peripheral processor peripheral sink peripheral speed peripheral stream Peripheral Technology Group peripheral transfer peripheral units peripheral vision peripheral-limited periphery periphery wall periphlebitis Periphrasis Periphyton periplasm Periplasmodium periplast Periploca Periplus periproct peripteral Peripteros periptery Periptychidae Peripylina perisarc perisaturnium Periscelidae Perischoechinoidea Periscope Periscope Antenna periscopic sextant periscopic sight Perisperm Perisporiaceae Perissodactyla peristalith Peristalsis peristaltic charge-coupled device			peripheries peripheries peripheries peripheries Peripherin periphery periphery periphery periphery Periphery Driven Curriculum Development periphery wall periphlebitis periphlebitis periphoria Periphrase periphrases periphrases periphrases periphrasis periphrasis periphrasis periphrastic periphrastic periphrastic Periphrastic conjugation periphrastical periphrastically periphrastically periphytic periphytic Periphyton Periphyton Stormwater Treatment Area Periphyton-Based Stormwater Treatment Area Periplaneta Periplaneta Periplaneta americana Periplaneta australasiae periplantar shoe periplasm periplasm periplasm periplasmic periplasmic periplasmic Periplasmic Escherichia Coli Protein Periplasmic Ligand-Binding Protein Periplasmic space Periplasmic space Periplasmic space Periplasmic space Periplasmic Zinc-Binding Protein Periplasmodium periplast periplast Periploca Periploca Periploca graeca Periploi Periplous Periplus Peripneumonia

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