Vocabulary Term Details

Benthic environment

Definition (http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/sediments/cs/glossary.cfm)

The environment at the bottom of lakes, rivers, estuaries, or oceans. (EPA)

Preferred Units: N/A

Scope Note:
N/A

Broader Terms	Narrower Terms	Related Terms
Aquatic environment	N/A	Benthos Littoral zone Sediment water interface

This term is used for the following terms:
Bathyal benthic zone
Benthic zone

Approved Date
04-Jan-2013

Items having a keyword or observed-property relationship to this subject term

A report on a baseline survey of the subtidal benthic communities within Portland Harbour (January 1997)
A report on the infaunal communities within Weston Bay in relation to the sewage outfall at Black Rock
Analysis of benthic macro-invertebrate samples collected by the NRA during 1989 and 1990 from various habitats in the River Delph
Assessment of the nutrient status and associated algal productivity of Malham Tarn, Yorkshire
Distribution of Macroinvertebrates in English and Welsh Rivers based on the 1995 Survey
Evaluation of historical data on the nutrient status of Esthwaite Water, Cumbria
Front Cover of Some Methods for the Statistical Analysis of Samples of Benthic Invertebrates
Grafham Water : biological monitoring re : FeSO4 dosing supplementary report : Nov. 1992-Jan.1993
Hampshire Avon DTC Deposited fine-grained sediment monitoring data 2010-2013
Lake Benthic Macroinvertebrates 1: Improving Sampling Methodology
Lake Benthic Macroinvertebrates 2: Quantifying Uncertainty in Sampling Methodology
Nutrient Conditions for Different Levels of Ecological Status and Biological Quality in Surface Waters (Phase I)
Report on the control of discharges of titanium dioxide waste to the Humber Estuary : appendices
Stream survey and assessment in the Ashford and Folkestone areas
Thames estuary benthic programme : a site by site report on the results of macroinvertebrate surveys undertaken during 1990-91
Thames estuary benthic programme : Thames estuary sediment contaminant levels 2nd quarter (Apr-Jun)
The effect of ferric dosing of lakes on benthic invertebrates : first year report
The release of ammonium and phosphorus from the sediments of the River Ant and Barton Broad : interim report
The River Colne Estuary subtidal biological survey 1992

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Vocabulary Term Details

Benthic environment

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