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nekton

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004358

Actively-swimming aquatic organisms which, unlike plankton, are able to navigate against water currents.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004358
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoaquatic animals; plankton; micronekton; seston
TranslationsSpanish: necton
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004358",
  "term": "nekton",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Actively-swimming aquatic organisms which, unlike plankton, are able to navigate against water currents.",
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "aquatic animals",
    "plankton",
    "micronekton",
    "seston"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "necton"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/nekton/"
}

Record 4,358 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.