Search Results for: Other aquatic invertebrates
adapted to deep-water pressure cannot survive in the upper parts of the water column. the pressure difference can be very significant (approximately one atmosphere for each ten meters of water depth). the benthos can be categorized in various ways. one division classifies the primary producers (algae, aquatic
invertebrate benthic organisms, which may be known as macrobenthos, macrozoobenthos, or macroinvertebrates (nabs ), include such marine examples as sea stars , oysters , clams , sea cucumbers, brittle stars , and sea anemones , and such freshwater examples as snails , crayfish , and the larva of many aquatic...
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