Psammon

Psammon (from Greek "psammos", "sand"^[1]) is a group of organisms inhabiting coastal sand moist — biota buried in sediments. Psammon is a part of water fauna, along with periphyton, plankton, nekton, and benthos.^[2] Psammon is also sometimes considered a part of benthos due to its near-bottom distribution.^[3] Psammon term is commonly used to refer to freshwater reservoirs such as lakes.^[2]^[4]

References

^ "psammon". YourDictionary.
^ ^a ^b "Freshwater lake communities". Encyclopædia Britannica.
^ "Marine-Lab in Rovigno, part 2". University of Salzburg. 1999.
^ Krystyna Kalinowska (2013). "Community structure of psammon ciliates in sandy beaches of lakes". Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies. 42 (1): 14–21. doi:10.2478/s13545-013-0051-5. S2CID 83737341.14-21&rft.date=2013&rft_id=info:doi/10.2478/s13545-013-0051-5&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:83737341#id-name=S2CID&rft.au=Krystyna Kalinowska&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.2478%2Fs13545-013-0051-5&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Psammon" class="Z3988">

[1] "psammon". YourDictionary.

[Britannica-2] "Freshwater lake communities". Encyclopædia Britannica.

[3] "Marine-Lab in Rovigno, part 2". University of Salzburg. 1999.

[4] Krystyna Kalinowska (2013). "Community structure of psammon ciliates in sandy beaches of lakes". Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies. 42 (1): 14–21. doi:10.2478/s13545-013-0051-5. S2CID 83737341.14-21&rft.date=2013&rft_id=info:doi/10.2478/s13545-013-0051-5&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:83737341#id-name=S2CID&rft.au=Krystyna Kalinowska&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.2478%2Fs13545-013-0051-5&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Psammon" class="Z3988">

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