Phytoplankton一词来自希腊单词phyto(意为“植物”)和plankton(意为“使漫步或漂移”)，浮游植物是一种生活在咸水或者淡水水体环境中的微生物。

Derived from the Greek words phyto (plant) and plankton (made to wander or drift), phytoplankton are microscopic organisms that live in watery environments, both salty and fresh.

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虽然规模较小，但在淡水水体毒藻疯长也会发生——因此，赫拉维尔女士认为这就是化石湖神秘事件的答案。

Toxic blooms also occur, albeit on a smaller scale, in bodies of freshwater—and that, Ms Hellawell thinks, is the answer to the mysterious case of Fossil Lake.

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自由流通水体的农场灌溉是人们最大的淡水单一使用。

Farm irrigation from these free-flowing bodies is the biggest single human use of freshwater.

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