Marine Bio - Ch 3

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3 commonly used criteria for classifying marine organisms

  • geographical/spital distribution

  • evolutionary interrelationships

  • trophic interactions


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pelagic species

found in water column are either swimmers (nekton) or drifters (plankton)

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benthic species

living on, in, or near the sea floor

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epifauna

benthic organisms that live on the sea bottom

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infauna

benthic organisms that bury in the sediment beneath its surface

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meiofauna

small benthic organisms that live between grains of the sediment

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what are animals that are closely associated with the bottom but remain just above it classified as?

benthic

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epifloral

plants or macroalga living on substrate

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