Relating to the deepest zones of fresh water lakes, especially the bottom sediments and waters of deep basins.
From Greek 'bathos' (depth) + 'limne' (lake) + '-etic'. A limnological term for deep freshwater lake environments.
Bathylimnetic zones in the Great Lakes have completely different ecosystems from surface waters—with specialized bacteria that can survive on methane!
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