Look up: pelagic

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   Pelagic
   Fish that spend most of their life swimming in the water column as opposed to resting on the bottom are known as pelagic species.
   Found on http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/techniques/tec
   
   
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   Pelagic
   living on or in the open seas
   Found on http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfac
   
   
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   pelagic
   Pelagic organisms swim through the ocean, and may rise to the surface, or sink to the bottom. They are not confined to live on the bottom as benthic organisms do.
   Found on http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gl
   
   
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   pelagic
   Pelagic comes from the Greek word pelagos, meaning sea, and is an adjective describing things of or relating to the open sea.
   Found on http://www.turtles.org/glossary.htm
   
   
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   Pelagic
   Living in the water column seaward of the shelf-slope break
   Found on http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/glo
   
   
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   Pelagic
   pertaining to organisms which live in the water column.
   Found on http://www.coralrealm.com/viewpage.asp?p
   
   
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   Pelagic
   Of the deep sea. Usually clays or oozes composed of tiny silica or calcium carbonate skeletons
   Found on http://www.quartznall.co.uk/glossery.htm
   
   
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   Pelagic
   The upper layers of a body of water
   Found on http://www.cefas.co.uk/glossary.aspx
   
   
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   Pelagic
   the upper layers of the ocean where food is plentiful. Pelagic fish include herring, sardine and pilchard.
   Found on http://www.fishonline.org/information/gl
   
   
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    pelagic
    open sea, away from the shore, comparable with the limnetic zone of lakes ; the near-surface and middle depths of the open sea, where the greatest abundance of fish and ocean life is to be found Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
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    Pelagic
    Pe·lag'ic adjective [ Latin pelagicus .] Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/43
    
    
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    pelagic
    <biology> Of or in open waters of lakes or seas. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
    
    
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    Pelagic
    • (a.) Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
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    pelagic
    pelagic, pelagian, pelagial 1. Of, relating to, or living in open oceans or seas rather than waters adjacent to land or inland waters; such as, pelagic birds. 2. Living or growing at or near the surface of the ocean, far from land, as certain organisms. 3. Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; such as, pelagian shells. The pelagic zone of the ocean begins at the low tide ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf
    
    
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    PELAGIC
    Usually related to free-moving marine organisms within the water column, but also used in this report to differentiate between the benthic and surface living aquatic invertebrates in cave streams.
    Found on http://www.cancaver.ca/docs/glossary.htm
    
    
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    Pelagic
    refers to all marine environments, including neritic and oceanic (open ocean) areas.
    Found on http://www.coml.org/edu/glossary/g1.htm
    
    
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    Pelagic
    Referring to open water marine habitats free of direct influence of the shore or ocean bottom. Pelagic organisms are generally free-swimming (nektonic) or floating (planktonic).
    Found on http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/glossar