Benthos Definition

bĕnthŏs
noun
All the plants and animals living on or closely associated with the bottom of a body of water, esp. the ocean.
Webster's New World
The bottom of a body of water.
American Heritage
The collection of organisms living on or in the bottom of a body of water.
American Heritage Medicine

The flora and fauna at the bottom of the ocean or other body of water.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • benthic division
  • benthonic zone
  • benthon

Origin of Benthos

  • From Ancient Greek βένθος (benthos, “the depths”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Benthos Sentence Examples

  • The great majority of algae, however, grow like land-plants attached to a substratum, and to these the term benthos is now generally applied.

  • It also reviews existing major human activities in the area that are currently affecting the benthos.

  • Other series of shorter length, carried out from the 1920s to the 1980s, measured dissolved nutrients, phytoplankton production and infaunal benthos.

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