seston

seston
The particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas. It applies to all particulates, including plankton, organic detritus, and inorganic material.

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  • seston — SESTÓN s. n. totalitatea organismelor vii şi moarte care plutesc sau înoată în mediul acvatic. (< fr. seston) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • Seston — Dans le domaine de la biologie marine, Le mot seston (par opposition au plancton), désigne l ensemble des particules, de toute nature, minérales, mortes ou vives, d origine organique ou inorganique en suspension dans l eau. Les diatomées… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Seston — This most interesting and curious name is one of the dialectal variants of Syston , which is itself of English habitational origin from a place of that name in both Leicestershire and Lincolnshire, the former recorded as Sitestone in the Domesday …   Surnames reference

  • seston — /ˈsɛstən/ (say sestuhn) noun Ecology particulate matter, as plankton, debris, inorganic material, etc., suspended in bodies of water. {Greek seston, from sestein to strain, filter} –sestonic, adjective …  

  • seston — particulate organic matter such as plankton, organic detritus and inorganic particles such as silt …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • seston — n. [Gr. sesis, sifting] Microplankton; all organisms living or dead, swimming or floating in aquatic habitats; see nekton, neuston, plankton …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • Seston — Sẹston   [zu griechisch sēstós »gesiebt«, Analogiebildung zu Plankton] das, s, Gesamtheit der im Wasser schwebenden lebenden (Plankton) und leblosen (Tripton) filtrierbaren Teilchen. * * * Sẹs|ton, das; s [zu griech. sēstós = gesiebt,… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Seston — Ses|ton das; s <zu gr. sēstós »gesiebt«, Analogiebildung zu ↑Plankton> Gesamtheit der im Wasser schwebenden lebenden (vgl. ↑Plankton) u. leblosen (vgl. ↑Tripton) filtrierbaren Teilchen (Biol.) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • seston — ses·ton …   English syllables

  • seston — …   Useful english dictionary

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