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单词 infauna
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infauna in British English

(ɪnˈfɔːnə)
noun
zoology
the fauna living below the surface of ocean and river beds

infauna in American English

(ˈɪnˌfɔnə)
noun
the animals burrowing into marine or freshwater sediment
see also epifauna

infauna in American English

(ˈinˌfɔnə)
nounWord forms: plural -nas or -nae (-ni)
the aggregate of organisms that burrow into and live in the bottom deposits of the ocean
Derived forms
infaunal
adjective
Word origin
[1910–15; in-1 + fauna; cf. epifauna]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: coverage, flashback, homeroom, radio, zing

Examples of 'infauna' in a sentence
infauna

Intensive surveys have been conducted to unravel spatial patterns of benthic infauna communities.
Danilo Cândido Vieira, Gustavo Fonseca 2013, 'The Importance of Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions of the Sediment Matrix in StructuringNematodes Across Spatial Scales', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0077704. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Overall, total abundances of small infauna (retained on a 0.25 mm sieve) reached a mean value of 5 477 ind.
Sabine Dittmann 2001, 'Abundance and distribution of small infauna in mangroves of Missionary Bay, NorthQueensland, Australia', Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442001000200012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The presence and quantity of bioturbating infauna also influenced the amount of sediment suspended in the water column.
C. L. Biles, C. L. Biles, D. M. Paterson, R. B. Ford, M. Solan, D. G. Raffaelli 2002, 'Bioturbation, ecosystem functioning and community structure', Hydrology and Earth System Scienceshttp://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/6/999/2002/hess-6-999-2002.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, there were no differences in sediment characteristics and composition of the infauna when troughs and crests were compared.
Luciano Lorenzi, Carlos A. Borzone 2009, 'Variabilidade da infauna adjacente a estruturas rochosas na plataforma rasa do litoraldo Paraná, Brasil Variability of the infauna adjacent to rocky formations on the innercontinental shelf of Paraná, Brazil', Zoologia (Curitiba)http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702009000400016. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
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