Look up: benthos

1. Benthos
   Organisms that live associated with the sea bottom. Examples include burrowing clams, sea grasses, sea urchins, acorn barnacles.
   Found on http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/glo
   
   
2. Benthos
   Those animals who live on the sediments of the sea floor, including both mobile and non-mobile forms.
   Found on http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/swces
   
   
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
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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
    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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16. Benthos
    the seafloor.
    Found on http://www.coml.org/edu/glossary/g1.htm
    
    
17. benthos
    benthos: see marine biology.
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18. benthos
    those plants or animals living on the bottom of a sea or lake. eco04.gif.
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19. Benthos
    and two chitons in a tide pool `Benthos` is the community of organisms which live on, in, or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone.<ref name="caml">http://www.caml.aq/benthos/index.html Benthos from the Census of Antarctic Marine Life website--> This community lives in or near...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benthos