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| Shallow-water zone, light hits bottom, plant root growth |
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| Open water, extends to depth of light penetration |
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| free swimming organisms, like fish |
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| past the depth of effective water penetration, respiration balances photosynthesis |
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| bottom zone, common to the littoral and profundal zones, most decomposition takes place here |
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| associated with benthic community, mostly algae and diatoms dwelling on plants |
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| "ill -nourished", associated with peat and bogs, highly acidic |
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| fast flowing, site of primary production |
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| slow flowing, site of primary decomposition |
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| Filtering/gathering collectors |
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| pick up fine particulate organic matter (FPOM) |
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| burrow into trees and whatnot |
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| Where freshwater and saltwater meet |
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| live in saltwater, return to freshwater to spawn |
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| part of the pelagic zone that overlies the continental shelf |
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| part of the pelagic zone that DOESN'T overly the continental shelf |
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| 0 to 200 meters down, has sharp temperature, salinity, and photic gradients |
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| 200 to 1000 meters down, little light and more gradual gradients |
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| below the mesopelagic, near complete darkness |
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| extends 4,000 meters to sea bottom |
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| found in deep sea trenches |
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| smaller than diatoms, make up largest biomass in temperate and tropical waters |
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| small things eating each other and their by-products in the ocean |
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| grow seaward from the land |
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| parallel from land, separated by shallow lagoons |
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| rings of reef surrounding lagoons |
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