Crossword clues for benthic
benthic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Benthic \Ben"thic\ (b[e^]n"th[i^]k), a. [fr. Gr. be`nqos depth of the sea.] of, pertaining to, or occurring at the bottom of a body of water, especially referring to the ocean depths. [PJC] ||
Wiktionary
a. Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
WordNet
Usage examples of "benthic".
I plugged the data into a modified Wolling model and foresee bad news for the euphotic and benthic phytoplankton the whole Antarctic food chain depends on.
Perry knew that he had gambled the future of Benthic Marine on the current project: drilling into a magma chamber within a seamount west of the Azores.
Since no one had ever been able to get magma from the Moho, although both Americans and Russians had tried during the Cold War, Perry decided to go back and drill into the mountain in hopes that Benthic Marine might be the first organization to sample the molten material.
Santa Catalina Island when Benthic Marine took delivery of the sub, and that had been a memorable experience.
The Benthic Marine president was still tense as evidenced by his gripping the arms of his seat as if he were about to leap out of it.
Perry was in the middle of explaining to Luna what it meant to be the president of Benthic Marine when he felt someone tap him on the shoulder.
Frankly, I think we could do a damn good job, especially if we handled it through Benthic Marine.
Both carried sledgehammers, but only one set out for the Benthic Marine submersible.
Pea crabs vied for space in the line with hermit crabs, while pelagic crabs shared the water with benthic crabs that were utterly devoid of color and nearly so of eyesight.
Pale pink in color, the benthic colossus had surfaced less than a mile from the ship.
As the abyssal ascension gave rise to this luminescent benthic epiphany, more and more of the crew crowded to the port side to gape.
She slowed the tape then and watched the image grow dimmer as the sea lion had followed the whale down into the benthic darkness.
The benthic grazers helped feed her, and in the process kept the walls clean.
In moonless dark, lights pulsed below the waters, like the bioluminescence of benthic things magnified many hundreds of times.
The powerful halogen lights mounted on the front of the Hard-suit caught snowy motes of marine vegetation and nervous schools of fish in their beams, but before long, Austin was dropping into the benthic levels, where only the hardiest of fish lived.