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...

from the Ancient Greek word βένθος (bénthos), meaning "the depths". Organisms living in this zone are called benthos and include microorganisms (e.g., bacteria...

propulsion (in the case of cephalopods) to achieve aquatic locomotion. Benthos ("bottom dwellers") inhabit the benthic zone at the floor of water bodies...

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...

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...

(organisms, including microscopic, floating and drifting within water) Benthos (organisms, including microscopic, living at the bottom of a body of water)...

conditions and smaller grains in lower energy conditions. Benthos (from Ancient Greek βένθος (bénthos) 'the depths [of the sea]'), also known as benthon, is...

(organisms that drift with water currents), nekton (organisms that can swim against water currents) and benthos (organisms that live at the ocean floor)...

Part of a series related to Benthic life Benthos              Benthic zone Benthopelagic (coupling)        Seabed By size macrobenthos meiobenthos microbenthos...

The common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) is a bentho-pelagic freshwater fish, widely spread in Europe and central Asia, around the basins of the North...