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SEA BED SEDIMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

... benthos ... is the name given to organisms ... living in the bottom sediments.

Key term(s)
  • bottom sediment
  • seabed sediment
  • sea bed sediment
  • sea bed sediments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Écologie (Généralités)
OBS

benthique : Relatif au benthos; appartenant au benthos. [Par exemple :] Organisme benthique. Flore, faune benthique. Algues benthiques, fixées sur fond marin.

OBS

benthos : Ensemble des organismes aquatiques (dits benthiques), animaux ou végétaux, qui, vivant fixés au sol ou dans le fond sous-marin (benthos fixe ou sessile) ou se déplaçant très peu (benthos mobile ou vagile), en dépendent pour leur subsistance (s'oppose à plancton et necton).

Key term(s)
  • sédiment du fond marin
  • sédiment marin
  • sédiment benthique

Spanish

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