Bottom of water
The interface between the free body of water in a body of water and the strongly water-saturated solid body underlying and surrounding the body of water is referred to as the body of water . The bottom of the water body can consist of solid rock ("bare rock") or a loose sediment (in English also referred to as the sediment-water interface ). In ecology, the bottom of the water is one of the substrates that certain living beings serve as a habitat. In a newly created aquatic ecosystem, it is the first and only substrate available for colonization. The part of an aquatic ecosystem that lives in or on the water floor is called benthos .
The bottom of the water body is excluded from the definition of the term soil and therefore does not fall under the Federal Soil Protection Act (BBodSchG). Rather, the water bed is indirectly protected by the Water Resources Act (WHG).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Benthos . ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Explanation of technical terms on the website of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
- ↑ Detlef Kober: Consistent treatment of protected property in approval procedures. Kassel University Press, Kassel 2014, p. 17 ( on Google Books )
Web links
- Biological processes at the bottom of the water on jbl.de.
- Small creatures at the bottom of the water (macrozoobenthos) on rurundkall.de