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    Benthos (from Ancient Greek βένθος (bénthos) 'the depths [of the sea]'), also known as benthon, is the community of organisms that live on, in, or near...
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    comes from ancient Greek, βένθος (bénthos), meaning "the depths." Organisms living in this zone are called benthos and include microorganisms (e.g., bacteria...
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    water column near to (and significantly affected by) the seabed and the benthos. The demersal zone is just above the benthic zone and forms a layer of...
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  • (organisms, including microscopic, floating and drifting within water) Benthos (organisms, including microscopic, living at the bottom of a body of water)...
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  • protege Celeste, agreeing to stay until Singer's deep water laboratory, The Benthos, is able to send the sonar records of the accident. Back at the institute...
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    The common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) is a bentho-pelagic freshwater fish, widely spread in Europe and central Asia, around the basins of the North...
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  • Marine organisms such as clams and crabs living in this zone are called benthos. Just above the benthic zone is the demersal zone. Demersal fish can be...
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    v t e Groups of organisms in aquatic ecosystems Benthos Macrobenthos Meiobenthos Herpon Nekton Neuston Pechton / Pecton / Pekton Plankton Pleuston Plocon...
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    (organisms that drift with water currents), nekton (organisms that can swim against water currents) and benthos (organisms that live at the ocean floor)...
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    or near the bottom of a body of water. Biologists often use the terms benthos—particularly for invertebrates such as shellfish, crabs, crayfish, sea...
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    Seabed (section Benthos)
    conditions and smaller grains in lower energy conditions. Benthos (from Ancient Greek βένθος (bénthos) 'the depths [of the sea]'), also known as benthon, is...
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  • along with periphyton, plankton, nekton, and benthos. Psammon is also sometimes considered a part of benthos due to its near-bottom distribution. Psammon...
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    Part of a series related to Benthic life Benthos              Benthic zone Benthopelagic (coupling)        Seabed By size macrobenthos meiobenthos microbenthos...
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    capture pollutants and trap sediments. Excess sediment will settle into the benthos aided by the reduction of flow rates caused by the presence of plant stems...
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    where many benthos and bacteria live (hermatype which has been dead for some time is often used), which causes the detritus-feeding benthos and micro-organisms...
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    depth, two sections of Dyneema neutrally buoyant 6 mm (0.2 in) line, two Benthos acoustic releases and two sections of self-contained instrumentation to...
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    ponticus, meroplankton and larvae of gastropoda, bivalvia and polychaete. Benthos species reside mostly at the sea bottom and include worms, crustaceans...
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    current, called nekton, and those that live on the deep sea floor, called benthos. The name plankton was coined by German marine biologist Victor Hensen...
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  • Note, a laptop-tablet hybrid, aka convertible laptop, in a modular design Benthos, the community of organisms which live on, in, or near the seabed This...
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    Part of a series related to Benthic life Benthos              Benthic zone Benthopelagic (coupling)        Seabed By size macrobenthos meiobenthos microbenthos...
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    along the benthos of shallower waters near shorelines or estuaries. Acipenser nudiventris typically feed on other animals near the benthos including:...
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    from Southeast Asia, with notes on jellyfish fisheries". Plankton and Benthos Research. 5 (3): 106–118. doi:10.3800/pbr.5.106. ISSN 1880-8247. Omori...
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    Response to Light in Three Species of Cubozoa (Box Jellyfish)". Plankton and Benthos Research. 15 (2): 73–77. doi:10.3800/pbr.15.73. S2CID 219759193. Mills...
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    in the skeletal remains of marine protists (single-celled plankton and benthos organisms). Much smaller amounts of precipitated minerals and meteoric...
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    into bivalve tissue or larger faecal pellets that are transferred to the benthos. Nutrient extraction from the coastal environment takes place through two...
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    waters Aquatic animals (Insects Mammals) Aquatic plants Aquatic science Benthos Biodiversity research Bioluminescence Biomass Biomonitoring Cascade effect...
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    mixing and movement of many organisms and increasing the patchiness of the benthos. Seal tissue has been observed in a fairly significant proportion of walrus...
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    and pesticides." There is also an accumulation of heavy metals on the benthos (seafloor) near the salmon farms, particularly copper and zinc. In 2016...
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  • limnetic zone. Microbial levels in the profundal benthos are higher than those in the littoral benthos, potentially due to a smaller average sediment particle...
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