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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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    from the Ancient Greek word 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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    propulsion (in the case of cephalopods) to achieve aquatic locomotion. Benthos ("bottom dwellers") inhabit the benthic zone at the floor of water bodies...
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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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  • (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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  • 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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    Part of a series related to Benthic life Benthos              Benthic zone Benthopelagic (coupling)        Seabed By size macrobenthos meiobenthos microbenthos...
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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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    (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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    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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    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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    A.; Messing, C. G. (September 2012). "Light and vision in the deep-sea benthos: I. Bioluminescence at 500-1000 m depth in the Bahamian Islands". Journal...
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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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  • Ben-To, a Japanese light novel, manga and anime series created by Asaura Benthos, the community of organisms which live on, in, or near the seabed This...
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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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    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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    Part of a series related to Benthic life Benthos              Benthic zone Benthopelagic (coupling)        Seabed By size macrobenthos meiobenthos microbenthos...
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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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    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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    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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    freshwater stages, coho feed on plankton and aquatic invertebrates in the benthos and water column, such as Chironomids, midge larvae, and terrestrial insects...
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    at the water's surface before descending to seek a hard surface on the benthos to which they can attach and begin a new colony. The larvae often need...
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    seeps and non chemosynthetic communities such as bacteria and other micro-benthos, meiofauna, macrofauna, and megafauna (larger organisms such as crabs,...
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    macroalgae shed old fronds. These macroalgal fronds tend to be utilized by benthos in the intertidal zone close to the shore. Alternatively, pneumatocysts...
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  • The following is a list of fictional characters from the Danish-Canadian animated television series Ninjago and its sequel, which were produced by The...
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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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    of the shoreline as well as phytoplankton. Fauna include zooplankton, benthos and a number of fish species such as Mirogrex terraesanctae. The Fishing...
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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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  • They feed by extending their siphon-like mouths to suck food from the benthos. Having no teeth, they are unable to seize prey, though larger individuals...
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