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what is nektons?....

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✎ ΔŇŞŴ€Ř ☞ ☞ ɴᴇᴋᴛᴏɴ ᴏʀ ʀᴇғᴇʀs ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɢɢʀᴇɢᴀᴛᴇ ᴏғ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ sᴡɪᴍᴍɪɴɢ ᴀǫᴜᴀᴛɪᴄ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪsᴍs ɪɴ ᴀ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴏғ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇʀᴍ ᴡᴀs ᴘʀᴏᴘᴏsᴇᴅ ʙʏ ɢᴇʀᴍᴀɴ ʙɪᴏʟᴏɢɪsᴛ ᴇʀɴsᴛ ʜᴀᴇᴄᴋᴇʟ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛɪᴀᴛᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ sᴡɪᴍᴍᴇʀs ɪɴ ᴀ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴏғ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀssɪᴠᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪsᴍs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴄᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋᴛᴏɴ. ᴀs ᴀ ɢᴜɪᴅᴇʟɪɴᴇ, ɴᴇᴋᴛᴏɴɪᴄ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪsᴍs ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʜɪɢʜ ʀᴇʏɴᴏʟᴅs ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ (ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ 1000) ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋᴛᴏɴɪᴄ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪsᴍs ᴀ ʟᴏᴡ ᴏɴᴇ (ʟᴇss ᴛʜᴀɴ 10). ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪsᴍs ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇɢɪɴ ʟɪғᴇ ᴀs ᴘʟᴀɴᴋᴛᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀᴀɴsɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ɴᴇᴋᴛᴏɴ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴏɴ ɪɴ ʟɪғᴇ, sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴅɪsᴛɪɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴅɪғғɪᴄᴜʟᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀᴛᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴄʟᴀssɪғʏ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋᴛᴏɴ-ᴛᴏ-ɴᴇᴋᴛᴏɴ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴇs ᴀs ᴏɴᴇ ᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. ғᴏʀ ᴛʜɪs ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴ, sᴏᴍᴇ ʙɪᴏʟᴏɢɪsᴛs ᴄʜᴏᴏsᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴜsᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴛᴇʀᴍ.

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Answered by hibaachi
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Nekton or necton refers to the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water. The term was proposed by German biologist Ernst Haeckel to differentiate between the active swimmers in a body of water, and the passive organisms that were carried along by the current, the plankton.

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