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benthos
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benthos
bottom of the sea or other body of water; said of cyanobacteria which grow on submerged rocks in alpine lakes and cause sudden death in cattle at pasture during summer months.


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Moreover, the coprolites were produced by nektonic vertebrates, but benthonic, marine invertebrates are not preserved.
Energetic contents of some benthonic invertebrates from the Chilean coast and annual fluctuation in Mytilus chilensis Hupe 1854.
 
 
 
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