GEMET
General
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Environmental
Thesaurus
benthic ecosystem
Definition

The interacting system of the biological communities located at the bottom of bodies of freshwater and saltwater and their non-living environmental surroundings.

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Scope note

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Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/773