Picoplankton

Picoplankton

Picoplankton is the fraction of plankton composed by cells between 0.2 and 2 μm that can be either :
* photosynthetic main|Photosynthetic picoplankton
* heterotrophic main|Heterotrophic picoplankton

Some species can also be mixotrophic.


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