Sublittoral Zone

Six abiotic factors that affect the organisms living in the ecosystem are sunlight, temperature, the density, the buoyancy level, the salinity level, and the penetration of light. The sunlight entering the ecosystem allows the process of photosynthesis to continue. This process provided nutrients, food, and energy to the plants and animals in the area, allowing the food chain to be secure. The temperature of the water should be between 68 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit. If the temperatures go lower than the range, or higher, some organisms who use the coral reef as a habitat may not be able to adapt or survive in the new conditions. The density of the coral reef affects the communities of animals and other biotic factors since some of them can only survive between certain depths of the water. The buoyancy level of the water in the coral reef contributes to the ability to move for the animals. Buoyancy is the force that supports an organism’s weight. The salinity level in a coral reef is greater than the salinity in a freshwater ecosystem. If the salinity levels

When the freezing point for water is 32 degrees fahrenheit (0 degrees celsius) what happens to life beneath the ocean when temperatures plummet in Antarctica? There has been recent discoveries of antifreeze proteins in Antarctic fish. Dr. Arthur DeVries was the first to discover such proteins, in the 1960s, and describe how they bind in the blood of fish to ice crystals and prevent the fish from being frozen.

Imagine you are at the bottom of the ocean, and there are hydrothermal vents ejecting hot lava. Adding to your misery, there are huge amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas everywhere that are poisonous to your body. In reality, this is the giant tube worm’s ecosystem. Ecosystems are all of the living things (plants/animals) and the non-living things that live in a specific area and interact with each other. Ecosystems can be of any size. In an ecosystem, there are biotic and abiotic components that are all linked. The pelagic zone or “open ocean zone”, where the giant tube worm, an underwater animal that lives near hydrothermal vents, lives is located next to the continental slope/drop off. The water is much deeper here. At the surface, there is

Unforeseen weather that reduces soil moisture levels and increases water temperatures would affect all of the four organisms I picked. In the algae population, this species would not be able to intake enough oxygen to grow, therefore, this population would suffer. Moreover, warmer water temperature would affect the feeding behavior of the ghost shrimp, starfish, and shark population. For example, the ghost shrimp would not have enough algae plants to feed upon, therefore, they would starve, which would lead to domino effect throughout the ecosystem. In addition, all of the three species reproduction schedule would change, thus, they would not be able to reproduce as many offspring as they would in a normal environment. This would lead to less

In ocean studies, the neritic zone, also called coastal waters, the coastal ocean or the sublittoral zone, refers to that zone of the ocean where sunlight reaches the ocean floor, that is, where the water is never so deep as to take it out of the photic zone.

The difference between the littoral zone and the profundal zone is that the profundal zone does not have light that reaches it and it is under the limnetic zone, but both have a bottom sediment benthic zone where decomposition is common.

Subrosa is a type of surveillance that is employed by private investigators for their clients. In its most basic form, it is observing someone without them being aware that they are under surveillance. The ultimate goal is to get evidence of your suspicions on video. There are many applications for this type of investigative work. The following are among the most common.

Each of these layers decreases in sunlight and temperature as depth increases. On average, sunlight fades away in seawater at approximately 200 meters deep. With no sunlight to heat the water, temperatures plummet at depth, leaving the water at Challenger Deep just a few degrees above freezing. On top of having no sunlight and near freezing conditions, the deep sea also possesses pressure unlike anywhere else on earth. Opposite to climbing a mountain and experiencing a decrease in pressure, in the ocean pressure increases the deeper one goes, due to the weight of the water above. At Challenger Deep, the weight of nearly 7 miles of water above causes the pressure to reach 8 tons per square inch (About the Mariana). In spite of these brutal conditions, life still has found a way to thrive at these great

It is also located in other smaller gulfs and bays. It’s average temperature in most of the oceans is about 39℉ (4°C).Although this biome has an average temperature,it also has different temperatures. In the north and south,and in different seasons the temperature is different. In the summer at the southern beaches it is about 68℉ (20°C).In the summer at the northern beaches

Another abiotic factor that helps the formations of different zones would be the tidal movement (aerial exposure) effecting the sea life shore community. The tidal zones we found at Siren’s Rocks are the sublittoral zone, low tide, mid tide, high tide and supralittoral zone. These are all on the data recorded by us at the rocky shore we researched.

It all started when the shipping container we were riding in from the United States to England fell overboard. It plummeted into the ocean floor and busted open when it crashed into the flattest part of the ocean. We floated up through the three ocean zones to the surface of the ocean. On our journey from the Midnight zone to the Sunlight zone, we saw fascinating ocean creatures and various plants. Starting from the Midnight zone we noticed fewer plants and animals than the Sunlight zone due to its cold temperatures. Most of the animals looked like as if they were to belong here and there was absolutely no sign of plants. But, we also noticed fewer creatures which adopted very well to these cold and freezing temperatures. Most of these temperatures happen in the deep sea trenches, Abyssal plain, and the Continental rise.

The water temperature at 200 meters below sea level ranged between 18 and 20 °C throughout the entire time range. The water temperatures at the three depths had an approximately constant temperature from October 24 to November

A way you wouldn't expect pollution to be caused is by noise. The pressure from the sounds omitted by ships, sonar devices, oil rigs, and earthquakes can disrupt communication, hunting, migration, and reproduction patterns from many marine animals like whales and dolphins. This can throw the whole system off balance. Air pollution can also cause ocean pollution by being absorbed into the water and contaminating it, and vice versa. Ocean pollution can eventually cause air pollution. Dirt can also spill into waterways from top soil or silt from fields or construction sites, causing endangerment to fish and wildlife habitats.

that contribute to global climate change. Pollution caused by humans is usually caused in big

Water pollution affects plants and organisms living in these bodies of water; and, in almost all cases the effect is damaging not only to individual species and populations, but also to the natural biological communities.