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Term

pelagic

Term

- living in the water column. (Opposite: benthic). - free-swimming (nektonic) or floating (planktonic) organisms that live exclusively in the water column, not on the bottom.

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http://biodiversity-chm.eea.europa.eu/nyglossary_terms/P/pelagic

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