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单词 infauna
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Definition of infauna in English:

infauna

noun ˈɪnfɔːnəinˈfônə
mass nounEcology
  • The animals living in the sediments of the ocean floor or river or lake beds.

    〔生态〕海底动物,潜底性动物。比较EPIFAUNA

    Compare with epifauna
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These sediments are often bioturbated by an infauna that lived in them.
    • Reichardt found algal fragments on both sides of the Peninsula and suggested that algal material provided an additional carbon source to deep water benthic infauna.
    • Bivalves first appeared during the early Cambrian as part of a shallow infauna.
    • High densities of organisms that bind the sediment and modify wave-induced erosion potential can also mitigate wave disturbance effects on other infauna.
    • In prior studies, we have argued that changes in sediment surface chemistry driven by biotic and physical disturbance affect recruitment decisions of infauna.

Derivatives

  • infaunal

  • adjective
    Ecology
    • Life habit categories included epifaunal, infaunal, shallow infaunal, and deep infaunal.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Results from a pair of epifaunal and infaunal dendrochirotids from Family Cucumariidae indicate little variation in the relative amount of ossification.
      • Lingulids are shallow burrowing infaunal filter feeders of the shallow intertidal zone.
      • The Baltic clam achieves highest densities in mesohaline habitats of the bay where it ranks first in benthic infaunal biomass.
      • Bivalves are aquatic suspension-feeders, inhabiting a variety of infaunal and epifaunal habitats and are particularly characterized by their ability to burrow, some of them even into rock and wood.

Definition of infauna in US English:

infauna

nouninˈfônə
Ecology
  • The animals living in the sediments of the ocean floor or river or lake beds.

    〔生态〕海底动物,潜底性动物。比较EPIFAUNA

    Compare with epifauna
    Example sentencesExamples
    • High densities of organisms that bind the sediment and modify wave-induced erosion potential can also mitigate wave disturbance effects on other infauna.
    • Bivalves first appeared during the early Cambrian as part of a shallow infauna.
    • Reichardt found algal fragments on both sides of the Peninsula and suggested that algal material provided an additional carbon source to deep water benthic infauna.
    • These sediments are often bioturbated by an infauna that lived in them.
    • In prior studies, we have argued that changes in sediment surface chemistry driven by biotic and physical disturbance affect recruitment decisions of infauna.
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