Meaning of profundal | Babel Free

Definitions

Relating to the deep zone of an inland body of water where very little sunlight penetrates; located between the limnetic and the benthic zones.

not-comparable

Examples

“However, if some of the bottom area has fine-grained sediments and is free of all conspicuous plants and algae, this area is often considered the profundal zone.”

“C. staphylinus is common and abundant in northern Europe and the USA, and is found in permanent shallow ponds, rivers and the littoral zone of lakes. It occurs also in deep alpine lakes, but not in the profundal zone.”

“The profundal zone consists largely of two feeding guilds, benthivores and carnivores (predators), at least in oligotrophic and mesotrophic lakes.”

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