mainly scavengers
Yes there are carnivores in the benthic zone. The scavengers in the benthic zone are considered carnivores because the eat the dead aquatic animals that float to the bottom when they die. There are also some carnivorous fish in the benthic zone.
Scavengers
The zone that would be most difficult for a plant to live in is the Benthic zone. It is the zone at the lowest level of a body of water.
fishes
benthic
Some are the Monk fish, Jumbo Octopus, or animals that live on the bottom of the ocean.
pelagic
the deep or the benthic zone
Lack of Light.
Benthic is the seafloor or floor of a lake. Clams would live there. Whales live in the Pelagic zone. I'm in biology now and we just had that question!
No. Sharks generally live in the surface, neritic, or intertidal zones of the ocean.