Animals dwelling on the bottom of a water body These organisms inhabit the sediment on lake, river, or ocean bottoms, as well as the sediment in marshes, tidal flats, and other wetlands
Refers to plants or animals that live on the bottom of lakes, streams, or oceans
Of aquatic habitats, those organisms that live on, or in the sediments; bottom dwelling
Refers to material, especially sediment, at the bottom of an aquatic ecosystem It can be used to describe the organisms that live on, or in, the bottom of a waterbody
Organisms that live on the bottom of the ocean are called benthic organisms They are not free-floating like pelagic organisms are
of the sea floor, or pertaining to organisms living on or in the sea floor; (It is now important to differentiate between organisms which live in the bottom water, in the sea floor sediment, or in the crust Indeed, if the subsurface ecosystem proves to be zonally complex, a new vocabulary with which to specify subsurface biological regions may be warranted For now, it may do to use "benthic" to describe life living near the sediment-water interface, or above the crust-water contact, and "endolithic" to describe life living beneath the water-crust, in lithified sediments, or entirely within the crust )
Dwelling on, or relating to, the bottom of a body of water; living on the bottom of the ocean and feeding on benthic organisms Benthic organisms typically include crustacea, worms, molluscs and other detritus feeders