Meroplankton are organisms that spend the larval phase of their life cycle associated with the ocean bottom (benthos)and the adult phase of the life cycle as plankton.

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Meroplankton are organisms that spend only part of their life cycle, typically the larval stage, as plankton drifting in the water column, and then transition to either a benthic or nektonic adult phase, not the other way around.

Meroplankton Are Organisms That Spend the Larval Phase of Their