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Understanding the substrate and habitat preferences of marine benthic invertebrates is important for a number of reasons. It influences their functional role in the ecosystem; it can inform decisions about important habitats for conservation, and it helps identify communities of co-occurring species.
Link: https://www.emodnet-biology.eu/blog/benthic-occurrences-habitat-maps-and-species-traits