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English
Etymology
From micro- + phytobenthos.
Noun
microphytobenthos (uncountable)
- very small phytobenthos
2015 July 31, “Predicting Consumer Biomass, Size-Structure, Production, Catch Potential, Responses to Fishing and Associated Uncertainties in the World’s Marine Ecosystems”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Further, and as already mentioned in relation to potential fisheries yield, a model driven by pelagic primary production provides minimum estimates of consumer biomass and production because it ignores primary production by microphytobenthos, coral reef algae, macroalgae, seagrasses, marsh plants and mangroves.