Demersal vs. Pelagic — What's the Difference?

Dwelling at or near the bottom of a body of water

Of, relating to, or living in open oceans or seas rather than waters adjacent to land or inland waters

Sinking to or deposited near the bottom of a body of water

(biology) Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.

(biology) That lives near the bottom of a body of water.

Of or pertaining to oceans.

Taking place near the bottom of a body of water.

(biology) Any organism that lives in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.

(biology) Any demersal organism.

Of or pertaining to the ocean; - applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast. Compare benthic.

Relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean;