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| Organisms associated with the seabed |
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| Organisms which ingest sediment and associated organic matter and microbial organisms |
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| Living on the surface of the substratum |
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| Animals living within the sediments (below the sediment-water interface) |
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| Living partially below the sediment-water interface but protruding above it |
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| Mobile organisms mostly associated with the seabed |
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| Living in the pore waters among sedimentary grains |
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| Organisms whose shortest dimension is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm |
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| Organisms smaller than 0.5 mm but greater than or equal to 0.1 mm |
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| Organisms smaller than 0.1 mm |
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| Organisms which capture particles from the water column that include bacteria, phytoplankton, and zooplankton |
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| Organisms which feed on photosynthetic autotrophs |
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| Organism which feed on other animals |
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| Organisms which feed on dead animals and plants |
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| A mixture of inorganic particles, organic particles, and pore water |
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| Grain size(< 62 µm in diameter); can be a useful parameter for describing sediment properties relevant to the benthos |
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| An estimate of the spread of abundance of particles among size classes |
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| Redox Potential Discontinuity (RDP) |
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| Boundary between oxidizing and reducing processes in sediments |
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