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[[Category: | [[Category:Macrobenthos]] | ||
=General Information= | =General Information= | ||
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Benthic invertebrates are aquatic animals without backbones that dwell on or in the bottom sediments of fresh or salt water. Examples: clams, crayfish, and a wide variety of worms. | Benthic invertebrates are aquatic animals without backbones that dwell on or in the bottom sediments of fresh or salt water. Examples: clams, crayfish, and a wide variety of worms. | ||
Benthic invertebrates is a month-by-month, computer generated data layer following calculations made by the ecosystem simulation (EwE). | |||
Different pressures generate by human activities ([[(NS)Noise|noise]], [[(NS)Bottom Disturbace|bottom disturbance]], [[(NS)Surface Disturbance|surface disturbance]], [[(NS)Artificial Substrate|artificial substrate]]) have different, complex effects on marine species in terms of movement, survival and procreation. | |||
Benthic invertebrates are a source of food for a large number of fish (notably flatfish, cod, demersal fish), crabs and seabirds. | |||
Only large benthic invertebrates are caught by all fishing fleets, but mostly by bottom trawl. | |||
Return to [[Categories and Layers#tab=Macrobenthos|Macrobenthos]]. | |||
=North Sea= | |||
Large crabs, | |||
large benthic invertebrates: Nephrops, Epifaunal macrobenthos, Infaunal macrobenthos, shrimp | |||
small benthic invertebrates: Small mobile epifauna, Small infauna, Sessile epifauna, Meiofauna | |||
==Types== | ==Types== | ||
* Very Low Density | * Very Low Density | ||
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Enter here how the layer was prepared to be integrated into the MSP Challenge Adriatic Sea Edition. | Enter here how the layer was prepared to be integrated into the MSP Challenge Adriatic Sea Edition. | ||
<headertabs/> | = Eastern Mediterranean Sea = | ||
Not applicable. This layer is not yet present in the MSP Challenge Eastern Mediterranean Sea Edition. <headertabs/> |
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