periphyton

See also: périphyton and Periphyton

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periphyton (countable and uncountable, plural periphytons)

  1. (ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
    • 2009 January 30, R. S. Oremland et al., Science‎[1]:
      Indeed, the tight coupling of As(V) reduction/As(III) oxidation has been seen in periphyton samples and salt-saturated anoxic sediments from Searles Lake.

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