Tychoplankton

As tychoplankton or pseudo plankton organisms are referred to and random in only intermittently plankton happen to water. One cause can be water eddies, which otherwise bring organisms living on the bottom of the water ( Benthal ) into the plankton.

supporting documents

1. ^ Matthias Schaefer: Dictionary of Ecology . 4th edition, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin 2003. ISBN 3-8274-0167-4 , p. 358.