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ID	https://kos.lifewatch.eu/thesauri/traits/c_2a106434 https://kos.lifewatch.eu/thesauri/traits/c_2a106434 http://ecoportal.lifewatch.eu/ontologies/TRAITS_THES/c_2a106434 Loading
Preferred name	Hyperbenthic
Synonyms	Suprabenthic
Definitions	An organism that lives in the water layer close to the surface of the bottom substrates in aquatic environments, both marine and freshwater and regularly enter the overlying water column.
In schemes	https://kos.lifewatch.eu/thesauri/traits/conceptScheme_c1329e5a Loading https://kos.lifewatch.eu/thesauri/traits/conceptScheme_b24f462c Loading https://kos.lifewatch.eu/thesauri/traits/conceptScheme_7f9329ec Loading
Type	http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept

skos:altLabel	Suprabenthic
skos:definition	An organism that lives in the water layer close to the surface of the bottom substrates in aquatic environments, both marine and freshwater and regularly enter the overlying water column.
dct:source	Sibert, J. R. (1981). Intertidal hyperbenthic populations in the Nanaimo Estuary. Marine Biology, 64(3), 259-265. Alldredge, A. L., & King, J. M. (1980). Effects of moonlight on the vertical migration patterns of demersal zooplankton. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 44(2), 133-156. Mees, J., & Jones, M. B. (1997). The Hyperbenthos. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 35, 221–255 + Giere, O. (2009). Meiobenthology: The Microscopic Motile Fauna of Aquatic Sediments (2nd ed.). Springer.
skos:prefLabel	Hyperbenthic
dct:created	June 16, 2025
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rdf:type	http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept Loading http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#NamedIndividual Loading
dct:modified	July 21, 2026

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