Editor's column: Planktic, nektic, benthic |
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| Authors: | ANDERS MARTINSSON |
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| Institution: | Anders Martinsson. Editor of Lethaia, Department of Palaeobiology, Box 564. S-751 22 Uppsala, Sweden, 14th November, 1974 |
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| Abstract: | The terms planktic, nektic , and benthic are taken as examples of the construction and malconstruction of biological and geological terms. Both in vernacular terminology and systematic nomenclature the formation of adjectives and compounds follows the same basic rules - keep the three concepts of stem, suffix, and connective vowel clear, and most of the serious malconstructions will be avoided. |
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