15.13: Shallow Offshore Benthic Communities
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Shallow Offshore Benthic Communities
Shallow offshore benthic communities include:
• offshore sand bars (mostly inhabited by burrowing organisms)
• rocky bottoms (host many attached organisms)
• coralline reefs (complex, self-constructing communities).
Shallow offshore benthic communities are described as rich ecosystems because of the diversity and abundance of organisms in some of these environmental settings.