Aphotic zone
Aphotic zone The aphotic zone is the depth of the ocean that ... exposed to sunlight. The depth of the aphotic zone can be greatly affected by ...
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Pelagic zone
Pelagic zone Diagram of the layers of the pelagic zone. The pelagic zone is the part of the open sea ... the sea floor. In contrast, the demersal zone comprises the water that is near to ... accurately translated as "open sea." The pelagic zone is further divided into a number ...
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Photic zone
Photic zone The photic zone is the depth of the water, whether ... to occur. The depth of the photic zone can be greatly affected by seasonal turbidity ... in the open ocean. Since the photic zone is the only zone of water where primary productivity occurs, ...
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Profundal zone
Profundal zone The profundal zone is a deep zone of a body of water, such as ... is typically below the thermocline, the vertical zone in the water through which temperature drops ... The lack of light in the profundal zone determines the type of biological community ...
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Benthic zone
Benthic zone The benthic zone is the lowest level of a body ... zones can be found above the benthic zone. No light other than bioluminescence is found in the benthic zone; it is part of the aphotic zone.
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... motivated Skepticism) abyssal plain (in oceanography) abyssal zone (in oceanography) (abyssopelagic zone: see) pelagic zone (in oceanography) Ac Academy of Natural Sciences ... African Great Lakes African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba} African Penguin (Jackass ... superpredator) (see "Toxic substances" in paragraph 3) aphotic zone (part of ocean) aphrodisiac (see ...
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F-ratio
... primary production, and confines it to the aphotic zone. This leads to the situation whereby any ... the water column must be from the aphotic zone, and must have originated from organic material ... flux of organic material sinking into the aphotic zone is balanced by the upward ...
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Deep sea
... which little or no light penetrates (the aphotic zone). See also Aphotic zone Pelagic zone Photic zone
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Category:Ecology
... Amensalism Antarctic Paradox Ape extinction Apex predator Aphotic zone Aposomatic coloration Applied ecology Arctic-alpine Autotroph ... analysis Bateman's principle Behavioral ecology Benthic zone BioBlitz BioHome Biocoenosis Biocomplexity Biodegradability prediction Biodegradation ... Cultural ecology Cultural materialism D Daisyworld Dead zone (ecology) Decline in frog populations Defence mechanism ...
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Deep sea fish
... for fish that live below the photic zone of the ocean. Examples include the lanternfish ... and anglerfish. Environment Because the photic level zone lies only a few hundred meters below ... from the excessive fishing. See also fish aphotic zone bioluminescence References and links Nybakken, James. The ...
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