The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Benthic Invertebrate Collection (SIO-BIC ... The best represented taxonomic groups are annelids, mollusks, and crustaceans, including the eminent barnacle ...

The seafloor habitats of Dumpsites 1 and 2, located in the Santa Monica and San Pedro Basins off the coast of Los Angeles, contain discarded barrels and DDT-contaminated sediments, which are also home ...

The king crab is a benthic crustacean that is distributed in temperate-cold waters of subantarctic origin, between 4° and 15°C. along the South Atlantic from the Falkland Islands and Tierra del ...

The whale feeds mainly on benthic crustaceans which it eats by turning on its side and scooping up sediments from the sea floor. Michael Azhiaziam Jones posted, "The whale has been hanging out ...

Heavy metals naturally occur in the Earth's crust, but human activities can increase their concentration in the environment, including domestic sewage and waste disposal, fumes from vehicle exhausts, ...