Talk:Meroplankton

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Issues with first section

I've rewritten much of the introduction to this article. In its previous form, the first section seemed to imply that all meroplanktonic organisms eventually become 'larger organisms'. See meroplanktonic dinoflagellates and diatoms for counterexamples for this. Also, the section about the Great Barrier Reef was a direct, verbatim copy from this site so I have completely removed it. As well as raising copyright issues, that site has also fallen into the trap of thinking of meroplankton exclusively as larval stages of invertebrates and fish. I think it's an article aimed at kids which might be why. For clarity, meroplankton is very general term which simply refers to organisms that are only planktonic for part of their life, having also a benthic stage in their life cycle. Tommarquand (talk) 11:57, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've also removed from the first section a list of the factors contributing to survival of meroplankton which I felt was unnecessary; "predation, competition, disease, parasites, and physiological stresses" are factors in the survival of practically all organisms. This information is not specific to meroplankton and lacked a citation anyway. Tommarquand (talk) 12:08, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]