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PRONUNCIATION OF EPIFAUNA

epifauna  [ˈɛpɪˌfɔːnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPIFAUNA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epifauna is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EPIFAUNA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

epifauna

Fauna

Fauna is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora. Flora, fauna and other forms of life such as fungi are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess Shale fauna". Paleontologists sometimes refer to a sequence of faunal stages, which is a series of rocks all containing similar fossils.

Definition of epifauna in the English dictionary

The definition of epifauna in the dictionary is animals that live on the seabed surface.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPIFAUNA


anguifauna
ˈæŋwɪˌfɔːnə
avifauna
ˌeɪvɪˈfɔːnə
corner
ˈkɔːnə
cremorne
krɪˈmɔːnə
dauner
ˈdɔːnə
entomofauna
enˈtɒməˌfɔːnə
fauna
ˈfɔːnə
herpetofauna
ˈhɜːpɪtəʊˌfɔːnə
horner
ˈhɔːnə
ichthyofauna
ˌɪkθɪəˈfɔːnə
infauna
ɪnˈfɔːnə
macrofauna
ˈmækrəʊˌfɔːnə
megafauna
ˈmɛɡəˌfɔːnə
meiofauna
ˈmaɪəʊˌfɔːnə
microfauna
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfɔːnə
mourner
ˈmɔːnə
piscifauna
ˈpɪsɪˌfɔːnə
sauna
ˈsɔːnə
spawner
ˈspɔːnə
warner
ˈwɔːnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPIFAUNA

epidiorite
epidosite
epidote
epidotic
epidotisation
epidotised
epidotization
epidotized
epidural
epidural anaesthesia
epifaunal
epifocal
epigamic
epigastria
epigastrial
epigastric
epigastrium
epigeal
epigean
epigene

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPIFAUNA

abuna
Arjuna
bhuna
Buna
Duna
Eskilstuna
Fortuna
Kaduna
kahuna
Kiruna
koruna
kuna
lacuna
laguna
Luna
Nagarjuna
Pampeluna
puna
tuna
vicuna

Synonyms and antonyms of epifauna in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epifauna» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPIFAUNA

Find out the translation of epifauna to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of epifauna from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «epifauna» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

海底动物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

epifauna
570 millions of speakers

English

epifauna
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

epifauna
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

epifauna
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эпифауна
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epifauna
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

epifauna
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épifaune
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Epifauna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Epifauna
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

表在動物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

epifauna
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Epifauna
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

epifauna
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

epifauna
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Epifauna
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

epifauna
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

epifauna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

epifauna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

епіфауна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epifauna
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιφύτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

epifauna
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epifauna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epifauna
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epifauna

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIFAUNA»

The term «epifauna» is regularly used and occupies the 105.938 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIFAUNA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «epifauna» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «epifauna» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about epifauna

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPIFAUNA»

Discover the use of epifauna in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epifauna and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Global Seagrass Research Methods
With respect to epifauna sampling, many different types of devices have been used to obtain quantitative, or at least comparative, samples of epifauna from seagrass beds (reviews by Eleftheriou and Holme 1984, Heck and Wilson 1990,  ...
F.T. Short, R.G. Coles, 2001
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Marine Ecological Processes: A derivative of the ...
BENTHIC. BOUNDARY. LAYER. EFFECTS. Table 1 Life forms of epifauna Life form Examples Attached. D. J. Wildish, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. Andrews, NB, Canada Copyright & 2001 Elsevier Ltd.
John H. Steele, Steve A. Thorpe, Karl K. Turekian, 2010
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Estuarine Ecology
Benthic consumers are key intermediates in estuarine systems because a large fraction of the flow of energy is associated with sediments both on the bottom and in suspension and channeled through infauna and/or epifauna. Top-down ...
John W. Day, W. Michael Kemp, Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, 2012
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Invertebrate Endofauna Associated with Sponge and Octocoral ...
A study was conducted to characterize the assemblages of invertebrate endofaunal organisms that live in association with the sessile epifauna inhabiting live-bottom reefs at the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS) off the coast of ...
Anna Kjellin Greene, 2008
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Examining the Prey Resource Value of Diel-cycling Hypoxia ...
a e 0 3232.11 13: £6 mfauna/ Epifauna infauna Epifauna Infauna Epifauna Infauna Epifauna Infauna Epifauna Infauna Epifauna Infauna Epifauna Infauna Epifauna Infauna Epifauna Infauna Epifauna Infauna Epifauna infauna Epifauna  ...
Danielle Tuzzolino, 2008
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Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set: Online version
(1) Organisms obtaining nutrients from the water column, either as ions in solution (epiphytes) or suspended particles (many epifauna), should profit from the increased access to water flow achieved by living on other organisms that project ...
‎2008
7
Mangrove Dynamics and Management in North Brazil
and. Sessile. Epifauna. C.R. Beasley, M.E.B. Fernandes, E.A.G. Figueira, D.S. Sampaio, K.R. Melo, and R.S. Barros ... The mangrove epifauna consists of animals that may move over, or are attached to, hard or soft substrates (Levinton 2001).
Ulrich Saint-Paul, Horacio Schneider, 2010
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Introduction to Marine Biology
Seagrass. Meadows. as. Habitat. The surfaces of seagrasses provide a place of attachment for many tiny organisms (epiphytes and epifauna; Figure 14-13). Older leaves may be completely covered by hydrozoans, tube ...
George Karleskint, Richard Turner, James Small, 2009
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Encyclopedia of Marine Science
These communities are (1) infauna, (2) epifauna, and (3) demersal. The infauna is made up of the bacteria, plants, and animals that live in the sediment. This group includes diatoms, which are considered primary producers, and mollusks and ...
C. Reid Nichols, Robert G. Williams, 2009
10
Ecology of Australian Temperate Reefs: The Unique South
epifauna because freshwater entering the estuary was darkly stained with tannins. The epifauna comprised mainly amphipods and gastropods, and the study found that the number of species at the head was only ~11% of that at the entrance ...
Scoresby Shepherd, Graham Edgar, 2013

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPIFAUNA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term epifauna is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tram Chim National Park deserves Ramsar title
... common archerfish and giant barbs, nearly 180 algae species, 26 epifauna species, 350 species of plankton and 34 species of amphibian. «VietNamNet Bridge, Feb 15»
2
Corroding cannons measure dynamic power in reef ecosystems
We have attempted to provide a cumulative index of the flux of dissolved oxygen to sedentary epifauna by depositing lumps of cast iron (heavy ... «Phys.Org, Jan 15»
3
I'm a grazer baby.
Or maybe this is just what happens when you've been in the lab sorting epifauna samples too long. Either way, thank-you to Dr. Emmett Duffy ... «Deep-Sea News, Mar 13»
4
Barriers to Achieving Low-Impact Fuel-Efficient Fishing
While bottom-set longlines may snag and damage benthic epifauna and irregular objects on the bottom, longline fisheries do offer the potential ... «TheFishSite.com, Jul 12»
5
Quakes push up Estuary bed
... some of the infauna - the tiny critters that live in the sand grains - and epifauna such as crabs and snails, on which fish and birds feed. «Waikato Times, Jan 12»
6
Can Rigs-To-reefs Benefit Deep-Sea Communities?
... lack of small hiding areas make them unattractive for small fish or invertebrates--at least until the structure is colonized by marine epifauna. «Science 2.0, Oct 11»
7
The Fate of the Last Great Wilderness
Abyssal plains, characterized by mobile epifauna and infauna. Manganese-nodule provinces, specific habitat on abyssal plains, characterized ... «Mother Jones, Aug 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Epifauna [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/epifauna>. Apr 2024 ».
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