Those organisms that live only part of their life history as plankton are called:
A) meroplankton.
B) holoplankton.
C) nanoplakton.
D) seston.
E) pleuston.

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Meroplankton are organisms that spend only a part of their life cycle as plankton, as opposed to holoplankton which spend their entire life cycle as plankton. The other answer choices are not relevant to this definition.

Those Organisms That Live Only Part of Their Life History