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The floating assemblage of microbes and animals that drifts on ornear the surface of large bodies of water is the community.a. abyssal b. benthic c. littoral d. plankton

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Chapter9: Fundamentals Of Nutrition In Aquaculture

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The floating assemblage of microbes and animals that drifts on or
near the surface of large bodies of water is the community.
a. abyssal

b. benthic

c. littoral

d. plankton

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