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NEKTON [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Animal Biology
  • Oceanography
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

Aquatic animals that are actively free-swimming, e.g. cephalopods, fish.

OBS

Unlike plankton, [nekton is] able to navigate at will.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Biologie animale
  • Océanographie
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Ensemble des animaux macroscopiques pélagiques qui nagent activement dans l'eau et peuvent y accomplir d'importantes migrations : poissons, céphalopodes, grands crustacés, mammifères marins.

OBS

On distingue le macro et le micronecton.

OBS

Le terme a été proposé par E. Haeckel (1890).

OBS

Le necton est le deuxième grand groupement des organismes marins. Il renferme tous les organismes nageurs capables de se déplacer activement et de manière autonome.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento animal
  • Biología animal
  • Oceanografía
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
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