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Record 1 2021-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Biology
  • Zoology
CONT

Since some benthic taxa can successfully grow in benthic habitats with slow currents and planktonic taxa generally cannot … then the physiological difference between taxa may be that planktonic taxa cannot grow as fast as benthic taxa in low-resource, still-water benthic habitats.

OBS

benthic taxon: The plural form is "benthic taxa."

Key term(s)
  • benthic taxa

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie animale
  • Zoologie
CONT

Ainsi, nous avons considéré plusieurs taxons benthiques (e.g. mollusques gastropodes et pélécypodes, polychètes, etc.) comme caractérisés par un développement larvaire planctonique parce que plusieurs de leurs espèces sont pourvues de larves.

Spanish

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