Benthon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Benthon is a noun meaning (ecology, biology) The habitat at the bottom of a body of water.
Meaning
(ecology, biology) The habitat at the bottom of a body of water.
Example Sentences
The simple trophic relations in the plankton do not demand such a wide variety of adaptations as do the complex relations in the benthon where, in addition to microphagous herbivores, there are also macrophagous ones and an^([sic]) unique of detritus feeders which build up animal protoplasm on the sea floor.
Word Forms
- benthons
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include benthos, benthocosm, nektobenthos, endobenthos, benthophil, benthic.
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