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Thebenthiczoneis the ecological region at the very bottom of the sea.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It inhabits small to large rivers and lakes, and lives in thebenthiczone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As its scientific name implies, this species has a burrowing habit and lives underneath the wet, sandy sediment of itsbenthiczonehabitat.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This dead and decaying matter sustains the benthic food chain; most organisms in thebenthiczoneare scavengers or detritivores.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The nymphs (technically, naiads) are aquatic and live in thebenthiczoneof well-oxygenated lakes and streams.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A detrital feeder in the profundal zone, for example, that finds the oxygen concentration has dropped too low may feed closer to thebenthiczone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The invertebrates that inhabit thebenthiczoneare numerically dominated by small species and are species rich compared to the zooplankton of the open water.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The demersal zone is just above thebenthiczone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is predatory, living and feeding in thebenthiczone, where it feeds heavily on brittle stars.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The extinction can be explained by ocean stratification causing low-oxygen conditions in thebenthiczone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Students sample and measure water quality, attend lectures on marine science and river history, and study the river'sbenthiczone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is the midnight or bathypelagic zone, extending from 1000 metres to the bottom deep waterbenthiczone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The demersal zone is just above thebenthiczoneand forms a layer of the larger profundal zone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Increased nutrient levels have resulted in the modification of flora and fauna in thebenthiczone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The habitat of the fish is in thebenthiczone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In particular, thebenthiczone(shallow ocean floor) in the neritic is much more stable than in the intertidal zone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Benthic trawling is towing a net at the very bottom of the ocean and demersal trawling is towing a net just above thebenthiczone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Demersal trawling is towing a net just above thebenthiczone.
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