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What is an infauna?

What is an infauna? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment, but especially within aquatic sediments
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These sediments are often bioturbated by an infauna that lived in them.
Reichardt found algal fragments on both sides of the Peninsula and suggested that algal material provided an additional carbon source to deep water benthic infauna.
Abundance and seasonality of infauna and epifauna inhabiting a Halodule wrightii meadow in Apalachicola Bay, Florida.
In prior studies, we have argued that changes in sediment surface chemistry driven by biotic and physical disturbance affect recruitment decisions of infauna.
Bivalves first appeared during the early Cambrian as part of a shallow infauna.
These structures may also protect infauna from epibenthic predators, leading to higher clam survivorship.

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