biocoenosis

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Biozönose, coined by German zoologist and ecologist Karl Möbius in 1877, equivalent to bio- +‎ Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) +‎ -osis.

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Noun

biocoenosis (plural biocoenoses)

  1. (biology, ecology) A community of interacting organisms that form a natural ecological unit.
    • 2021, Stephen J. Hawkins, editor, Oceanography and Marine Biology: An annual review, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 26:
      The semidark cave biocoenosis is typically found at (or in proximity to) the entrance of caves and even under caverns and overhangs that, topographically speaking, would not be characterized as true caves.
    • 2025, Marc Salomon, Integrative Ecology […] , Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 14:
      Within a given spatiotemporal unit, a biocoenosis is a system comprising several populations of distinct interacting species.

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