the ocean. Plants and animals are considered to be benthic if they are found below the surface of the ocean.
Benthic - Pertaining to the sea floor.
Living in or on the bottom sediment of a body of water.
Referring to organisms which live on or attached to the bottom of aquatic habitats.
relating to the bottom of the sea
A term describing anything living at or near the bottom of a lake or the sea
organisms inhabiting the bottom substrate of aquatic habitats.
of or pertaining to the bottom of a stream, lake, sea, or ocean.
Associated with the sea bottom.
Relating to the seabed or riverbed
Occurring at or near the bottom of a body of water.
Refers to organisms that live on or in the ocean floor.
associated with the bottom of a waterbody
the bottom of a river, lake, or ocean where the water meets the surface of the accumulated sediments
Pertaining to the bottom of the sea.
Occuring at the bottom of the water column.
those organisms that live on the sea floor
A word used to describe marine organismswhich live attached to rocks or the sea bottom (for example; corals)
Animals dwelling on the bottom of a water body. These organisms inhabit the sediment on lake, river, or ocean bottoms, as well as the sediment in marshes, tidal flats, and other wetlands.
Sediment or near sediment submerged environment
relates to the seafloor. This can refer to a benthic organism or a benthic sample.
The organisms or environment of the seabed, for example plants and animals living on or in the sub-sea sediment.
living on or in the seabed.
refers to micro-organisms living on the bottom of river or water body.
Inhabiting the bottom of an aquatic environment
Benthos and benthic both refer to living on or under the substrate at the bottom of the ocean. Sessile means the organism is attached to the substrate. Pelagic refers to living in the water of the ocean above the bottom. Pelagic organisms usually have some ability to move around.
Relating to or occurring in the depths of the ocean. Usually used to refer to organisms that live on the ocean floor.
adj. Term describing the bottom of a sea or lake or the organisms living there.
Dwelling on, or relating to, the bottom of a body of water; living on the bottom of the ocean and feeding on benthic organisms
refers to animals living in or on the bottom of an ocean, lake, stream, or other body of water
Pertaining to the bottom terrain of water bodies; describing the portion of the aquatic environment inhabited by organisms that live on or in the sediment.
Living on or in the sea floor.
Refers to material, especially sediment, at the bottom of an aquatic ecosystem. It can be used to describe the organisms that live on, or in, the bottom of a waterbody.
Refers to the bottom zone of a body of water or the aquatic life that lives in the bottom zone of a body of water.
Pertaining to the bottom of the ocean, the seafloor.
descriptive of the plants and animals that live at the bottom of a water system (stream, lake, ocean), for example, many aquatic invertebrates live in the "benthos"
Cccurring or living at the bottom of a body of water.
living at or near the bottom of the seas.
Living in or on the bottom substrate of an aquatic environment. Pertaining to the bottom substrate of an aquatic environment. Oysters are considered benthic organisms.
Any of a diverse group of aquatic plants and animals that lives on the bottom of marine and fresh bodies of water. The presence or absence of certain benthic organisms can be used as an indicator of water quality.
Pertaining to living in or on the ocean floor.
Refers to the bottom of the sea or fresh water basins. Benthic organisms are those who lived on or in the bottom sediment.
Pertaining to the subaquatic bottom or organisms that live on the bottom of water bodies.
(3) occuring or living on or near the bottom of any water body.
in close association with the sea bottom (moving over it, attached to it, or borrowing into it)
Pertaining to the environment of the sea floor or lake bottom and adjacent waters, and the organisms that reside there.
Growing or living on or near the bottom of an aquatic system. Benthic invertebrates are small animals without backbones living on the bottom of a lake or river; for example clams and mayfly nymphs. [Gk. benthos, depth of the sea.
Associated with the bottom of a water body such as a sea or lake.
On the bottom of a body of water or in the bottom sediments.
Refers to animals that live in or on the bottom of a lake, sea, or river.
Relating to the bottom of a lake or stream
Pertaining to the sub-aquatic bottom.
A zone of ocean bottom always under water; pertaining to organisms that live there.
Refers to being on the bottom of a lake.
Living on or within the bottom sediments in water bodies.
On or relating to the bottom of a sea or ocean.
refers to the bottom of rivers or streams.
at the bottom of a water body
Refers to the bottom of the lake.
relating to the ocean bottom.
(ben-thick) Living on the bottom of a sea or lake
Refers to animals and fish that live on or in the water bottom.
term used to describe those animals found living on the sea bottom, including those found crawling and burrowing there also.
anything associated with or occuring on the bottom of a body of water
Pertaining to occurrence on or in the bottom sediment of wetland and aquatic ecosystems, including wetlands.
refers to the bottom substrate of a body of water.
Marine animals that live in or on the bottom sediments of the seafloor.
Pertaining to the ocean bottom.
That portion of the marine environment inhabited by organisms living at or near the bottom of the ocean.
On or associated with the bottom of a body of water
living attached to or very closely associated with the ocean bottom. ( return to essay)
From, related to, or of the bottom surfaces of bodies of water
Of or related to organisms (e.g., protozoa, nematodes) living on the sediment surface under a water column, such as sea or lake bottoms.
A term that applies to those things or organisms that live on the bottom floor of a body of water. Caddysflies and stoneflies are benthic macroinvertebrates because they live crawling on the bottom of a river among rocks and gravel.
Associated with lake or river bottom or substrate.
associated with the substrait or bottom of a body of water.
Bottom area of the lake which hosts the community of organisms (benthos) that live in or on the sediment.
Pertaining to the seafloor (or bottom) of a river, coastal waterway, or ocean.
Living on or associated with the ocean bottom.
A term referring to the region on the bottom of a body of water.
Referring to an animal that lives on the bottom of a body of water.
pertaining to the bottom of the water or streambed
Anything relating to the sea floor, including organisms living in or on the seafloor.
The benthic layer is the sediment and mud found at the bottom of lakes, rivers and oceans. Benthic organisms live on the bottom or in these sediments. Pelagic organisms live in the water column.
Living on or near the sea bottom
of or pertaining to the bottom, or "bed," of a body of water.
Organisms that live on the bottom of the ocean are called benthic organisms. They are not free-floating like pelagic organisms are.
Pertaining to the benthos.
Of, relating to, or occurring at the bottom of a body of water, such as the Gulf of Mexico.
pertaining to the bottom of a waterbody.