Term Gallery logo

Meanings of benthic organisms in English

Russian
бентосные организмы
Portuguese
bentos
Spanish
bentos
Catalan
bentos
Wikidata

Community of organisms which live on, in, or near the bottom of bodies of water.

бентосные организмы
Synonyms
Examples for "benthos"
Examples for "benthos"
1
Our knowledge of the biodiversity of the Southern Ocean (SO) deep benthos is scarce.
Pubmed
2
Here we show that sponges have the greatest influence on the dynamics of the Antarctic benthos.
Pubmed
3
Presence of habitat complexity, however, dampened the strength of this temperature effect on the abundance of macroinvertebrates in the benthos.
Pubmed
4
The great majority of algae, however, grow like land-plants attached to a substratum, and to these the term benthos is now generally applied.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
Usage of benthic organisms in English
1
This amount contributes to sediment enrichment, which may pose a long-term risk for benthic organisms.
Pubmed
2
Seahorses feed on plankton and mobile benthic organisms.
Reuters
3
Severe potential ecological risks of γ-HCH to benthic organisms at some sampling sites were found based on the consensus-based sediment quality guidelines.
Pubmed