The neuston of the surface layer is one of the lesser known aquatic ecological groups. The term was first used in … 詳細

There are different ways neuston can be categorised. Kennish divides them by their physical position into two groups:
• epineuston: organisms living on the water’s surface
• hyponeuston: organisms within a region o… 詳細

Freshwater neuston, organisms living at lake or pond surfaces or slow moving parts of rivers and streams, include beetles (see whirligig beetle), protozoans, bacteria and spiders (see fishing spider and diving bell spider… 詳細

The marine neuston, organisms living at the ocean surface, are one of the least studied planktonic groups. Neuston occupies a restricted ecological niche and is affected by a wide range of endogenous and exogenous proc… 詳細

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