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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.

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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

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

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