isobenth

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noun

An isoline connecting points on a map having equal amounts of benthic biomass.

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Meanings

nounisobenth (plural isobenths)

plural isobenths

  1. marine biologyAn isoline connecting points on a map having equal amounts of benthic biomass.
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    The boundaries as well as the macro-epibenthic biomass distribution and composition of a North Adriatic benthic community […] were determined. […] The biomass values were used to establish isobenths. Within the community, the mean biomass, measured as wet weight, amounted to 370 (±73) g/m² with maxima of more than 1000 g/m². […] Biomass distribution and composition is examined, and the ecological function and meaning of the observed patterns is discussed.

    1976, K. Fedra et al., “On the ecology of a North Adriatic benthic community: Distribution, standing crop and composition of the macrobenthos”, in Marine Biology, volume 38, pages 129–145

Origin

From iso- + clipping of benthos.

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