Is there a word for depth-based like spatial is for space?

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I am trying to describe types of trends that we see in my research of a lake. I am doing a study that combines spatial (across the lake) and depth-discrete samples (multiple depths in the lake). I would like to distinguish between the two:

I will look for spatial and _____ trends in the lake.

Space --> spatial
Time --> temporal
Depth --> ???

I want to use "deptual" but unfortunately that is not a word...
Thank you to this post for getting close to the question I'm trying to ask:
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LPH · Answer

You might find suitable the following construction by means of the suffix "-wise"; it yields several well established terms, but is as well endowed with the characteristic of being freely productive.

-wise (Shorter OED) Forming a) advs. and adjs. chiefly from ns. w the sense '(that is) in the manner, form or direction of' as crosswise, latticewise, otherwise, b) advs. from ns. w the sense 'as regards, in terms of' as pairwise, plotwise'now freely productive in the formation of nonce-words  as employment-wise, moneywise, publicity-wise, etc.).

depthwise

You dispose here of 111 examples to get a feel of this word, which is in fact an existant, freely produced word (that is, not in the dictionaries (yet)).

Is there a word for depth-based like spatial is for space?

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