Look up: benthos

1. Benthos
   Organisms that live associated with the sea bottom. Examples include burrowing clams, sea grasses, sea urchins, acorn barnacles.
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2. Benthos
   Those animals who live on the sediments of the sea floor, including both mobile and non-mobile forms.
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3. Benthos
   Biota that live on or near the bottom of a water body.
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4. benthos
   [n] - a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
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5. Benthos
   those organisms attached to, living on, or in the seabed.
   Found on http://www.fishonline.org/glossary
   
   
6. benthos
   benthos: organisms living on the sea floor, or sea bottom -bottom dwelling organisms - either on or attached to the sediment Category: Botany and zoology
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7. Benthos
   Ben'thos noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... depth of the sea.] The bottom of the sea, esp. of the deep oceans; hence (Bot. & Zoology) , the fauna and flora of the sea bottom; -- opposed to plankton .
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8. benthos
   <ecology> Animals and plants living on or within the substrate of a water body (freshwater, estuarine or marine). ... (06 Aug 1998) ...
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9. benthos
   benthic division noun a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
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10. benthos
    noun organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea
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11. Benthos
    • (n.) The bottom of the sea, esp. of the deep oceans; hence (Bot. & Zool.), the fauna and flora of the sea bottom; -- opposed to plankton.
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12. benthos
    the assemblage of organisms inhabiting the seafloor. Benthic epifauna live upon the seafloor or upon bottom objects; the so-called infauna live ... [7 related articles]
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13. benthos
    benthos 1. Those organisms attached to, living on, in or near the sea bed, river bed, or lake floor. 2. The biogeographic region at the bottom of a sea or ocean (or, more broadly, at the soil-water interface of an ocean, sea, or lake). The organisms living in such a region include the permanently at...
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14. benthos
    benthos, bentho Getting to the bottom of this unit about deep, depth; the fauna and flora of the bottom of the sea. There is also a separate explanation about the importance of benthos for the earth.
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15. Benthos
    Benthos is the community of organisms which live on, in, or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone. This community lives in or near marine sedimentary environments, from tidal pools along the foreshore, out to the continental shelf, and then down to the abyssal depths. Many organisms adapt...
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16. Benthos
    The plant and animal organisms that live on the sea floor. Often divided into two categories: deep-sea benthos, below 200 meters and the littoral benthos, from 200 meters to the high-water spring tide level.
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17. Benthos
    the seafloor.
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18. benthos
    benthos: see marine biology.
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19. benthos
    those plants or animals living on the bottom of a sea or lake. eco04.gif.
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20. Benthos
    aquatic organisms which live on or in the seabed, also known as the benthic zone. Included are both mobile animals, such as crabs and abalone, and non mobile animals, such as corals and sponges.
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