microphytobenthic

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ phytobenthic.

Adjective

microphytobenthic (not comparable)

1. Relating to the microphytobenthos.
   • 2015 August 12, “Trophic Dynamics of Filter Feeding Bivalves in the Yangtze Estuarine Intertidal Marsh: Stable Isotope and Fatty Acid Analyses”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     Many ecologists have shown that different bivalve species modify sediment properties, phytoplankton, bacterial communities and microphytobenthic biomass differently which were associated with their feeding ecologies.