A common sight along the Mediterranean coastline,
uniting representatives of the three categories of marine organisms:
plankton, nekton and benthos.
These 3 categories of living creatures transcend the official classification systems, by considering only the most intimate, essential relationships between organisms and their aquatic environment. Plankton their structure, either do not or cannot moue independently of the currents and the waves.
Nekton, on the other hand, include only those animais such as fish, cetaceans and cephalopods, for whom the viscosity of the water and the strength of the currents represent no obstacle and which can swim thousands of kilometers from one point in the sea to another. The Benthos, includes immobile animals and plants, as well as ones which move on the ocean bottom or feed there. This is not a rigid sub-division, and some organisms can switch categories. The benthos is the counterpoint to the plankton and the nekton and interacts with it, exchanging energy, resources and living organisms.
Immerse you in the Marvels of the Fauna and the Mediterranean Flora!
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