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Recent Examples of benthic
According to the team, assessing a marine environment from a predator’s perspective instead of a human’s can improve our understanding of the benthic environment and develop a more complete map of the seabed.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2024
The videos helped the team identify some previously unmapped sea lion habitats in the benthic zone–or the lowest ecological zone in a body of water.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2024
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel is in the Gulf of Mexico to aid a test launch of benthic landers—deep-sea autonomous research platforms.
—Robin Catalano, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
But Craig Smith, a benthic ecologist at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, said the revelation of the carcasses alone roughly doubles the number of whale falls known to exist in the worlds’ ocean.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2024
The videos helped the team identify some previously unmapped sea lion habitats in the benthic zone–or the lowest ecological zone in a body of water.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2024
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel is in the Gulf of Mexico to aid a test launch of benthic landers—deep-sea autonomous research platforms.
—Robin Catalano, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
But Craig Smith, a benthic ecologist at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, said the revelation of the carcasses alone roughly doubles the number of whale falls known to exist in the worlds’ ocean.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for benthic
Adjective
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Ongoing projects involve monitoring migrating humpback whales, testing water acidification levels, and tagging pelagic fish.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
AFAR Media,
26 Feb. 2025
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However, while pelagic sharks thrived, some species faced physiological limits in extremely warm waters.—
Melissa Cristina Marquez,
Forbes,
1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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During his first term, President Trump sharply reduced the boundaries of two monuments in Utah — Bear’s Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante — and stripped protections from a marine monument off the coast of New England to allow commercial fishing.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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These days, the buildings are used for marine science education programs.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Culinary travelers looking for a bit more local flavor will love that the concierge is able to organize excursions like visits to an organic farm on neighboring Tortola and deep-sea fishing trips with local fishermen.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2025
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Neuroscience illustrations and deep-sea marine organisms inspired the collection.—
Renan Botelho,
WWD,
4 Mar. 2025
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Seizing Taiwan would allow China to dock submarines in the deepwater ports off Taiwan’s eastern coast, which would extend their range and enable them to avoid some U.S. underwater sensors in the Miyako and Luzon Straits.—
Jennifer Kavanagh,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Offshore workers examine hydrocarbon samples aboard the Chevron Corp. Jack/St. Malo deepwater oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, U.S., on Friday, May 18, 2018.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Benthic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benthic. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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