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life in the
airways
planktonic organisms floating
in surface waters, both life
and death assemblages
epiplanktonic
or pseudoplanktonic
organisms attached
to plankton
nektonic organisms
swimming in water
column
epifaunal benthos
sessile benthos
mobile benthos
infaunal benthos
Figure 4.8 Selection of marine lifestyles above, at the surface, within and at the base of the water
column. (Based on Ager 1963.)
