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benthos::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | benthic division, benthonic zone |
| Type of | biogeographical region |
| Derivation | benthal, benthonic |
Examples of benthos
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I have been arguing that the benthos needs to be monitored for at least ten years.
From the newscientist.com
One of my favourite unknown worlds is the oceans, particularly the deep sea benthos.
From the guardian.co.uk
They consume benthos, bivalves, other crustaceans, fish, marine worms, plants and detritus.
From the delawareonline.com
Fauna include zooplankton, benthos and a number of fish species such as Acanthobrama terraesanctae.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Organisms living in this zone are called benthos.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Benthos are the organisms which live in the benthic zone, and are different from those elsewhere in the water column.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Benthos species reside mostly at the sea bottom and include worms, crustaceans, bottom protists, coelenterata and mollusks.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The fossil record is consistent with a Cambrian Explosion that was limited to the benthos, with pelagic phyla evolving much later.
From the en.wikipedia.org
However the term benthos includes all aquatic life that lives on or near the bottom, which means it also includes non-animals, such as plants and algae.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
- Benthos are the organisms which live on, in, or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone. from the Census of Antarctic Marine Life website They live in or near marine sedimentary environments, from tidal pools along the foreshore, out to the continental shelf, and then down to the abyssal ...
- The bottom sediments of the sea, rivers, lakes, ponds, etc.
- A group of organisms, most often invertebrates, that live in or on the bottom in aquatic habitats (such as clams that live in the sediments) which are typically immotile or of limited motility or range.
- 1. Benthos is the bed or bottom of a body of water, including the layers of mud, silt or sand. 2. Benthos (or benthon; benthic organisms) are the animals and plants which live on the seabed or lake bottom. (See ESTUARY, SEAGRASS) (MP)
- Plants and animals that live on, in, or attached to the sea bottom.
- Collectively, all organisms living in, on, or near the bottom substrate in aquatic habitats (examples are oysters, clams, burrowing worms).
- Organisms that live on or in the ocean bottom.*
- Organisms that inhabit the bottom substrates (sediments, debris, logs, macrophytes) of aquatic habitats for at least part of their life cycle. The term benthic is used as an adjective, as in benthic invertebrates.
