2007-12-21 16:04:26 · 8 answers · asked by pochikutti 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The term for aquatic plants is hydrophytes. I don't think there is a particular name for aquatic animals. (And planktons are microscopic organisms and are drifters, they can be zoo, phyto, or bacterioplankton.)
2007-12-21 17:14:48 · answer #1 · answered by christine selvan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aquatic plants — also called hydrophytic plants or hydrophytes
2007-12-22 00:09:23 · answer #2 · answered by BP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hydrophytes - aquatic plants
Hydrocoles - aquatic animals..
2007-12-22 11:06:27 · answer #3 · answered by Ann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hydrophyte
Plant adapted to live in water, or in waterlogged soil.
Hydrophytes may have leaves with a very reduced or absent cuticle and no stomata (since there is no need to conserve water), a reduced root and water-conducting system, and less supporting tissue since water buoys plants up. There are often numerous spaces between the cells in their stems and roots to make gas exchange with all parts of the plant body possible. Many have highly divided leaves, which lessens resistance to flowing water; an example is spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum.
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Hydrophytes
The wide flat leaves of the water lily help distribute the plants weight over a large area, thus helping it float near the water surface.
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Hydrophytes (water + plant) are plants which are able to live either in water itself or in very moist soils.
Hydrophyte survival characteristics:
1. Thin cuticle.
2. Stomata open most of time (as water is abundant).
3. Increased # of stomata.
4. Plants in water have less structure (water pressure supports them).
5. Large flat leaves on surface plants for flotation.
6. Air sacs for flotation.
7. Reduction in roots (H2O can diffuse directly into leaves).
8. Roots of of water plants are feathery to hold up plant.
9. Roots modified to pick up oxygen.
2007-12-22 03:59:31 · answer #4 · answered by Lovey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
plants hydrophytes
and animals marine
2007-12-22 06:44:43 · answer #5 · answered by aditya s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hydrophytes
2007-12-22 00:47:29 · answer #6 · answered by bookworm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
these are called phytoplankton and zooplankton
2007-12-22 01:33:00 · answer #7 · answered by pantho 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe its planktons..it can be zooplanktons or phytoplanktons...
2007-12-22 00:30:28 · answer #8 · answered by dream_to_death 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋