Meaning of seston | Babel Free

Definitions

All particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas, including plankton, organic detritus, and inorganic material.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Depending on mesh size and the area of investigation, net samples contain a variable mixture called seston. […] Nowadays plankton stands for the living part of seston, detritus for dead organic and inorganic particles.”

CEFR level