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PSAMMON [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Animal Biology
  • Ecology (General)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

An ecological community consisting of the typically minute plants and animals that live in the water filling the interstices of sand adjacent to a body of fresh water ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Biologie animale
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Ensemble des organismes vivant dans le sédiment quand celui-ci est sableux.

CONT

Le psammon n'est donc qu'une expression particulière d'un élément de la faune interstitielle colonisant les côtes et rivages lacustres (et autres).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento animal
  • Biología animal
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Biología vegetal
DEF

Comunidad biótica de organismos acuáticos que viven en los intersticios de los granos en los sedimentos arenosos sumergidos, tanto en el mar como en las aguas dulces, incluso en las orillas y sobre el nivel de la masa de agua, donde el líquido asciende y es retenido por capilaridad.

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