Meroplankton only exist as plankton during their infancy and adolescence, eventually growing into large adults that live out their adult lives on the seafloor.

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 56, No. 5 (2011), pp. 1667-1681 (15 pages) The Antarctic marine environment is thermally stable, yet shows pronounced seasonality in the light : dark cycle, primary ...

Occurrence of postmetamorphal bivalves known to have swimming ability is seasonally predictable in surface meroplankton in nocturnally flooding tidal currents near inlets inside the barrier islands of ...

During summer, meroplankton have moved forward collectively by 27 d, dinoflagellates by 23 d, copepods by 10 d and non-copepod holozooplankton by 10 d over the 45-yr study period.