-
zones are
considered to lie
within the
photic region,
while the
profundal zone is in the
aphotic region.
Temperature is an
important abiotic factor in...
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latitude and with the
degree of
water turbidity. The bottommost, or
aphotic, zone is the
region of
perpetual darkness that lies
beneath the
photic zone and includes...
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information on
animals that live in the
deeper areas of the
oceans see
aphotic zone. Generally,
these include life
forms that
tolerate cool temperatures...
- 460 psi) and
increases with depth. 54% of the
ocean lies in the
Bathypelagic (
aphotic) zone into
which no
light penetrates. This is also
called the midnight...
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occur in
organisms in the
aphotic zone as a
byproduct of that same organism's bioluminescence. Some
fluorescence in the
aphotic zone is
merely a byproduct...
- The
hadal zone, also
known as the
hadopelagic zone, is the
deepest region of the ocean,
lying within oceanic trenches. The
hadal zone
ranges from around...
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Extending from the
bottom of the
photic zone down to the
seabed is the
aphotic zone, a
region of
perpetual darkness.
Since the
average depth of the
ocean is about...
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deeper ocean is cold and dark (these
zones are
called mesopelagic and
aphotic zones). The
continental shelf is
where the
ocean meets dry land. It is...
- low-density
surface waters and the
underlying cold
dense bottom waters. The
region of
rapid density change is
known as the pycnocline, and it acts as a barrier...
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adapted to
lower light environments, the DCM can also be
located in the
aphotic zone. The high
chlorophyll concentration at the DCM is due to the high...