Sentence examples for are largely benthic from inspiring English sources

Ascidians are largely benthic animals.

We retain the "macroplanktivores" which are mostly benthic suspension feeders in trophic level 2 rather than 3 because the types of organisms that consume them are similar to those that consume other members of trophic level two (herbivores, detritivores) and these predators largely reside themselves within trophic level three.

Direct time-series observations of deep-sea biological activity are largely restricted to passive observations of benthic epifauna using unbaited time-lapse camera systems.

Effects of microplastic pollution on benthic organisms and ecosystem services provided by sedimentary habitats are largely unknown.

They are largely imaginary.

Pseudocystidia are largely present.

The primary axis of anatomical variation among rift-lake cichlids is associated with changes in the preorbital region that are largely independent from the rest of the skull, and such changes are associated with biomechanical shifts in jaw function that distinguish benthic-feeding fishes from pelagic-feeding fishes.

Although sympatric species of these fish are largely reproductively isolated by mate choice, allopatric species of similar ecotype that adapted independently to similar conditions in different lakes (e.g. benthics from different lakes) lack behavioural isolation.

This is largely driven by benthic trawling for crustacean and cephalopod species and dredging for bivalves.

The depositional style seems to be controlled by the interplay and relative importance of two end-member processes; those that were purely physical and related to the interaction between available grain sizes and hydrodynamics, and those that were largely biological and associated with benthic growth and sediment trapping of mainly bryozoans.

Benthic sampling is largely restricted to the shelf; little is known about the fauna of the deep sea.