mainly scavengers
no
Animals that live in the benthic zone include sea stars, sea cucumbers, brittle stars, sea urchins, marine worms, and various crustaceans like crabs and lobsters. These organisms are adapted to life on the ocean floor and play crucial roles in the ecosystem.
The zone of the benthic environment that ranges from 200 to 4000m below sea level is known as the abyssal zone. This zone is characterized by complete darkness, low temperatures, and high pressure, making it one of the most remote and extreme environments on the planet. Organisms that inhabit the abyssal zone have adapted to survive under these harsh conditions, including deep-sea fish, squid, and invertebrates.
Starfish are found in all temperate or tropical oceans. They are hugely adaptable and can live happily on sandy, coral, muddy or rocky seabeds. They are most abundant in the Atlantic ocean.
Stingrays typically live in the benthic zone, which is the ocean floor area ranging from the shoreline to the deep sea. They are often found in sandy or muddy bottom habitats where they can bury themselves to camouflage and hide from predators.
Scavengers
You would fine sediment in the benthic zone, or bottom, of a lake.
Consumers in the benthic zone, called Zoobenthos, can range from starfish in the intertidal zone, to bottom-dwelling flatfish, to deep sea Rattails. The type of consumer is highly dependent on the specific areas in the benthic zone.
The benthic zone is a region at the lowest level of an ocean or lake. The intertidal zone is the shallowest part of the benthic zone.
littoral zone,pelagic zone and benthic zone
The two subzones making up the Benthic zone is the abyssal and hadal
the depth of the pelagic zone is 11 kilograms
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.
The amount of light penetration into the benthic zone, nutrient availability, and the presence of photosynthetic organisms such as phytoplankton and aquatic plants are key factors that determine whether photosynthesis can occur in the benthic zone of a lake. If there is sufficient light and nutrients, photosynthesis can be sustained in the benthic zone.
Zones in the ocean.
littoral zone,pelagic zone and benthic zone
The benthic zone covers about 70 percent of the surface of the Earth. It is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water.