From Frustule
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Organisms that spend only a part of their life cycle in the plankton. Diatoms that grow primarily in the benthos, but are passively entrained in the water column are termed meroplanktonic.
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References
- Stoermer, E.F., & Smol, J.P., 1999. The Diatoms: Applications for the environmental and Earth sciences. Cambridge University Press, UK, 469 pp.
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