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benthic
adjective
(ben-thic)
of, relating to, or occurring at the bottom of a body of water
benthic
adjective
(ben-thic)
of, relating to, or occurring in the depths of the ocean
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benthic
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benthal
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benthonic
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demersal
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seafloor
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bottom
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scavenger
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bottom-dwelling
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infauna
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macrofauna
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intertidal
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estuarine
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pelagic
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invertebrate
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biogeochemical
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trophic
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bivalve
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heterotrophic
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polychaete
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oceanographic
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algal
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oligotrophic
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cyanobacterial
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nektonic
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shrimplike
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pteropod
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chemosynthetic
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anoxic
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coral
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eutrophic
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bathymetric
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faunal
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waterbird
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subglacial
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symbiont
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oceanic
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cartilaginous
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larval
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otolith
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geomorphological
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dugong
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dextral
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narwhal
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ontogenetic
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anadromous
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rhizosphere
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flatfish
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spawner
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lacustrine
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autotrophic
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evaporite
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phylogenetic
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cetacean
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nudibranch
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physicochemical
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shoreward
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calcareous
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spinous
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detrital
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deltaic
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organismal
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commensal
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passerine
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abiotic
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freshwater
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illite
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stomatal
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candlefish
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vertebrate
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hydrodynamic
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malacostracan crustacean
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urochordate
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murre
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monophyletic
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fluvial
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basinal
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anorthosite
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surficial
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subantarctic
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alongshore
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foram
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coralline
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epiphytic
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lungless
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phyllosilicate
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cecal
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bacterial
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mudfish
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osmium
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hawksbill
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aquatic
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mammillary
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benthic
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