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Preferred term

benthic zone

Definition

The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. Organisms living in this zone are called benthos, e.g. the benthic invertebrate community, including crustaceans and polychaetes.

Broader concept

layer

Note

[source of definition ] wikipedia" , "[controlled by ] Alessandro Oggioni 23.05.2013

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Contributor

0000-0003-0631-8231

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21901

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 12/18/18

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