The Major Advantage That Deep-Sea Benthic Animals Have Over Pelagic

question 30

Multiple Choice

The major advantage that deep-sea benthic animals have over pelagic ones is that their food:

• A)Is easier to digest.
• B)Falls to the bottom and stays in one place,thus being available for a longer time.
• C)Gets to be eaten before it gets to pelagic animals.
• D)Gets decayed at much faster rates by chemosynthetic bacteria.
• E)Produces less detritus.

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