Pelagic zone

The pelagic zone of the ocean is also commonly called the open ocean. In depth in extends from the surface, down to the deepest trenches. However, it does not include the coasts, near shorelines. The pelagic zone consists of five layers; the epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, and the hadopelagic subzone. The first zone, the epipelagic zone, also known as the euphotic zone extends from the surface of the water to 200 meters. This is the most commonly explored and known portion of

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

gulp you down its starving stomach, and its teeth seem to sparkle with hunger. But something else catches eye. Abruptly bolting past you, it swiftly devours a fish twice its size. Welcome to the Pelagic zone. Large organisms roam this open space, and this is perhaps why another name for it is the Open-ocean zone. Including numerous subzones, this limitless territory has includes the subzones of the epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, and abyssopelagic. Despite being home to many large predators though

oceanic zone is made up of three main zones. The epipelagic zone, the mesopelagic zone, and the bathypelagic zone. The epipelagic zone is the surface layer of the ocean, and this where most of the ocean life lives. The mesopelagic zone is the layer of the ocean below the epipelagic zone. Not a lot of sunlight penetrates this area of the ocean. The zone under the mesopelagic zone is the bathypelagic zone. No sunlight reaches this zone. Together all of these zones make up the oceanic zone. The

This documentary was based on the amazing and beautiful wonders of the Benthic Zone. The Benthic Zone is one of the most harsh environments in the world which consists of low oxygen, no sunlight, very little food, and extreme cold. Most of the fish or species in this zone use bioluminescence which is not used by the animals in order to see in the pitch black water but is used to communicate with each other. Bioluminescence is the production of light by a living thing or organism. The way the animals

in the most populated zone in the ocean. Because most people have not heard of the sunlight zone, they should read about the history of the organisms, plants, and animals that live in the sunlight zone. The sunlight zone is called four different types of names. In scientific terms, it is called the Euphotic zone and the Epipelagic zone. The typical name for this zone is the sunlight zone and the sunlit zone. The sunlight zone is the first zone out of five different zones. It also the smallest out

abundance and complications of the open ocean, the pelagic zone. Over 60% of our planet is covered by the ocean, yet the deep sea is largely still unknown. We know more about the moon than what we know about the deep ocean. The temperature and the level of sunlight decrease as the depth increases. The ocean may appear uniform from the surface, but there is several layers to the ocean. The pelagic zone contains the most area of the open ocean. The zone includes everything except for the coastal waters

Pollution Effects on Pelagic and Benthic Areas of the Ocean Biodiversity refers the existing variations present which form an ecosystem enabling human survival. However, the alteration of the world habitat has caused a shift in biodiversity. The role of ecologists is to ensure that there is no extinction of various species in the world due to reckless human behaviour. The maritime environment is among the worst hit areas as human activity creates an imbalance in the water levels. Factors such as

There are 5 zones in the ocean: the Epipelagic Zone, the Mesopelagic Zone, the Bathypelagic Zone, the Abyssopelagic Zone, and the Hadopelagic Zone. The Epipelagic Zone that stretches from 0-200 meters below sea level. Here, sunlight is plentiful enough for photosynthesis to occur. Algae and other aquatic plants thrive in this zone; there is enough sunlight for plants to live. In the Mesopelagic Zone, only small amounts of light penetrate through the water, and photosynthesis can barely occur. In

Deep-Sea Creature Adaptions Deep-Sea creatures in the Bathypelagic Zone and lower must adapt to survive. Adapting to this harsh environment didn’t take only a few years, this process has occured over millions of years and will continue to occur. Some characteristics that the organisms adapted are things like: the ambush strategy, extended spines, smaller sizes, deep-sea giantism, bioluminescence, transparant skins, large mouths, large teeth, large stomachs, large eyes, slow metabolic rates, lateral