New word: if you're one of those creatures that abides in the lowest level of a body of water (benthic zone), you are called a 'benthos'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ugly Overload] Reference

Recent changes in the benthos of the West Spitzbergen fishing grounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Past variability in Arctic marine systems] Reference

Influence of the St Lawrence Island polynya upon the Bering Sea benthos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Past variability in Arctic marine systems] Reference

Studies in Ninghua showed that the biomass of benthos can reach 109.3 kg/ha.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

Sandy silt sifted up around him, and then his feet struck the benthos at the bottom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time Streams]

Some data on quantitative distribution of plankton and benthos in the Sea of Okhotsk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sea of Okhotsk large marine ecosystem] Reference

An early bloom in cold melt water means most of the primary production goes to the benthos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carbon cycle and climate change in the Arctic] Reference

The change was predominantly from benthos to plankton and affected the overall diatom richness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic] Reference

Bacteria are rich in protein and are eaten by zooplankton and benthos animals as well as by fish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

Beneath her, monstrous benthos filter life from the water, as oblivious to her as she is to them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starfish] Reference

However, in ponds, the benthos began to decrease sharply only 3 days after the fry were introduced.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

The halibut migrates seasonally in and out of the fjord, living both on the benthos and in the open sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland] Reference

The northeastern Chukchi Sea: benthos-environmental interactions, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 111, 171-190.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chukchi Sea large marine ecosystem] Reference

Organic matter in the water (e.g., plankton, benthos, insects, weeds, and organisms harmful to rice) serve as fish food.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

In addition, much of the bacteria, plankton, zooplankton, and part of the benthos, are usually discharged with the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

When manure is applied to the ricefield, benthos and plankton reproduce rapidly and provide the fish with sufficient food.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

Corporate or Political or Military, they were the best of the benthos, sitting on top of the mud that buried everyone else.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starfish] Reference

The nozzle ejaculates gray-blue murk, sprays back and forth along the length of the canister, sweeping the benthos on either side.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starfish] Reference

This primary production may be retained by recycling within the euphotic zone or exported to deeper waters and be available for the benthos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Future change in processes and impacts on Arctic biota] Reference

A study by the Hubei Aquatic Institute demonstrated that there was as much as 119 g/m³ of benthos in ricefields, but only 39 g/m³ in ponds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

From April to May, it is not necessary to feed the fish because they are small, water temperature is low, and benthos and weeds are plentiful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

At the same time, fish in ricefields feed on weeds, plankton, and benthos, and form an optimum ecological system that benefits both the fish and the rice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

Based on investigations in Jianning, there were 22 species of benthos, of which 17 species were insects, 3 species were gastropods, and 2 species were nematodes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

Changes in the timing of the primary production will determine whether this production is utilized by the pelagic community or is exported and utilized by the benthos (Box 9.10).    From Wordnik.com.  [Future change in processes and impacts on Arctic biota] Reference

The north-eastern Chukchi Sea: benthos environmental interactions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

Oxygen minimum zone benthos: adaptation and community response to hypoxia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

Influence of salinity and suspended matter on benthos of an Arctic tidal flat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

Globalscale latitudinal patterns of species diversity in the deep-sea benthos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

The benthos - the animals living on and in the sediments - populate this vast ecosystem.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The benthos -- the animals living on and in the sediments -- populate this vast ecosystem.    From Wordnik.com.  [EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed] Reference

These larvae filter-feed in the water column before settling to the benthos to transform into adults.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

The smaller meiofauna (mm-sized animals) is less well described and, as an example, a survey of the benthos in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

The marine benthos of arctic and sub-arctic continental shelves; a review and regional studies and their general results.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

This is true for microbes, plankton and benthos, "Dr Snelgrove said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

Plankton and benthos.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference

"And it builds up in the benthos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starfish] Reference

Rank: not rated yet rate http: / / www. benthos.com / Old technology.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference