{"id":3353,"date":"2020-11-02T15:27:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T15:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=3353"},"modified":"2020-11-02T16:55:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:55:16","slug":"what-is-benthos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-benthos\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Benthos?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3353\" class=\"elementor elementor-3353\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cd3f18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cd3f18\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-600e258\" 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data-id=\"551ecf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Aquatic Ecosystems<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f584051 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"f584051\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-aquatic-ecosystems-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3374 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-an-aquatic-ecosystem\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is an Aquatic Ecosystem?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3373 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-plankton\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is plankton?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3372 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-nekton\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is nekton?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3371 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-benthos\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Benthos?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3370 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-lotic-system\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a Lotic System?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3369 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-lentic-system\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a Lentic System?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d07af6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d07af6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e9d601\" data-id=\"2e9d601\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bf44b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bf44b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Benthos in aquatic ecosystems?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f9482d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f9482d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Benthos, a term derived from the Greek, means &#8216;depths of the sea\u2019. The Benthos is a group term for all the organisms and communities living at the surface and beneath the surface of the seafloor. These organisms are mostly invertebrates (organisms that have no backbones) such as the Anthozoa, octopus, and sea star.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3406\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3406\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Benthos-food-web.jpg\" alt=\"Benthos Systems\" width=\"600\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Benthos-food-web.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Benthos-food-web-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benthos Systems<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>On the ocean floor, there is a complex interaction between living and non-living factors. Benthos can also occur in shallow waters.<\/p><p><b>Infauna<\/b><br \/>Infauna includes the bacteria, plants, and organisms that live in the sediment or layer of particles at the seafloor. These are sediments such as fish droppings, dead organic matter, and rock debris that perhaps sink to the bottom of the sea. Examples of infauna include diatoms, worms, razor clams, bivalve, and decomposers such as bacteria and flagellates.<\/p><p><b>Epifauna<\/b><br \/>These are the organisms on the surface of the seafloor that attach themselves to the rocks and debris. Many of these living things (animals) can move. Epifauna plants such as seaweed also grow in the water towards sunlight, although they are usually attached to some rocks or hard substrate. Examples of Benthic epifauna include mussels and snails.<br \/>There are also different types of fish that only live at the bottom of the ocean, feeding on infauna and epifauna. They are known as Demersal.<br \/>Food webs at the Benthos are interesting in the sense that sunlight usually does not get to that part of the ocean floor, yet there is a unique and complete interaction of biotic and abiotic factors there. 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