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can someone give me a good description about the oceanic benthic biome?
or at least where I can find a nice and long description of it? i tried googling it, but there's hardly any to be found, except for really limited and short answers. thanks!
The benthic zone is the lowest level of a body of water, such as an ocean or a lake. It is inhabited by organisms that live in close relationship with (if not physically attached to) the ground, called benthos or benthic organisms. Generally, these include life forms that tolerate cool temperatures and low oxygen levels, but this depends on the depth of the water. For information on animals that live in the deepest areas of the oceans see aphotic zone. The superficial layer of the soil lining the given body of water is an integral part of the benthic zone, as it influences greatly the biological activity which takes place there. Examples of contact soil layers include sand bottoms, rock outcrops, coral, and bay mud.
When looked at from this perspective, the body of water would then have another realm, the pelagic zone, which includes all that lives associated to the water column.
Benthic plants and animals inhabit distinct seafloor habitats. The shallow-bottom habitat that extends from the shore to the edge of the continental shelf supports mollusks, polychaete worms, and attached algae and sponges. The continental slope and beyond make up the benthic zone, which includes the deepest part of the ocean floor. It is sparsely populated with deposit feeders and filter feeders such as the pycnogonid sea spiders and stalked crinoids.
Benthic, a term meaning bottom is the name of the ocean zone ranging from the deepest parts of the ocean to the tidal affected areas. The most productive region of the benthic zone is the area over the continental margin, which is unaffected by the tides. Many groups and varieties of animals live here, a few are worms, sea pens, crustaceans, stars, and protozoa. The life in this zone is mostly made up of bottom dwellers which get most of their food from dead and decaying organisms. Therefore most of the organisms in the benthic zone are scavengers because they depend on dead flesh as their main food source.
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