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PELAGIC ORGANISM [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

Any living organism that is free-swimming in the open ocean. Usually this applies mostly to fishes. Since visible fish-kills point up the potency of pollution, pelagic organisms have done much to draw man's attention to cleaning up the environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

Ils rappellent que la préoccupation première lors de la réalisation d'un recouvrement doit être l'efficacité de la couche isolante à retarder la migration des contaminants vers l'eau et vers les organismes benthiques et pélagiques.

Spanish

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