The sunlight zone is 200 meters deep.The photic zone, euphotic zone, epipelagic zone, or sunlight zone is the uppermost layer of a body of water that... 25 KB (2,961 words) - 21:42, 17 April 2024 |
penetrates. Above the aphotic zone is the photic zone, which consists of the euphotic zone and the disphotic zone. The euphotic zone is the layer of water in... 10 KB (1,128 words) - 12:51, 15 August 2023 |
Fluorescence (section Photic zone) organism's eyes are used to convert blue light from the photic zone or green bioluminescence in the aphotic zone into red light to aid vision. A new fluorophore... 96 KB (10,628 words) - 01:11, 29 April 2024 |
an absence of a limnetic zone and the littoral zone spans the entire lake. Together, these two zones comprise the photic zone. There are two main sources... 4 KB (499 words) - 03:58, 3 December 2023 |
than the photic zone, human knowledge of the bathypelagic zone remains limited by ability to explore the deep ocean. The bathypelagic zone is characterized... 49 KB (5,362 words) - 12:23, 19 April 2024 |
Ocean (section Oceanic zones) The water column is further divided into zones based on depth and the amount of light present. The photic zone starts at the surface and is defined to... 128 KB (17,470 words) - 06:23, 16 April 2024 |
Deep-sea community (section Zones) referred to as the photic zone. The photic zone can be subdivided into two different vertical regions. The uppermost portion of the photic zone, where there... 36 KB (4,545 words) - 21:05, 23 January 2024 |
that is, where the water is never so deep as to take it out of the photic zone. It extends from the low tide mark to the edge of the continental shelf... 6 KB (676 words) - 08:42, 3 April 2024 |
Bottom trawling Deep sea Intertidal zone Lake stratification Littoral zone Neritic zone Photic zone Profundal zone Sediment Profile Imagery Stream bed... 20 KB (2,423 words) - 04:55, 22 March 2024 |
Abyssal plain (section Oceanic zones) referred to as the photic zone. The photic zone can be subdivided into two different vertical regions. The uppermost portion of the photic zone, where there... 80 KB (9,035 words) - 23:59, 12 April 2024 |
Day length and insolation intensity also control the extent of the photic zone. Subsurface productivity is limited by nutrient availability, as the... 115 KB (11,611 words) - 18:13, 27 April 2024 |
matter export is driven by high levels of primary production in the photic zone, supported by a continual supply of nutrients to the oxic surface waters... 54 KB (6,621 words) - 23:08, 31 March 2024 |
photic zone euxinia through organic matter respiration and carbon dioxide release. Off the shores of the Wrangellia Terrane, the onset of photic zone... 141 KB (15,135 words) - 02:09, 23 April 2024 |
significant means of exporting energy from the light-rich photic zone to the aphotic zone below, which is referred to as the biological pump. Export... 22 KB (2,748 words) - 23:37, 14 December 2023 |
upper photic zone is low in nutrient concentration, high in light intensity and penetration, and usually higher in temperature. The lower photic zone is... 90 KB (9,304 words) - 21:13, 2 January 2024 |
particularly rich habitats. In photic zones benthic diatoms dominate as photosynthetic organisms. In intertidal zones changing tides strongly control... 21 KB (2,148 words) - 16:21, 16 March 2024 |
of eutrophic waters, by optimally positioning themselves within the photic zone in a stable water column.[citation needed] Because they can form large... 11 KB (1,070 words) - 00:38, 16 October 2023 |
Kellwasser events provide direct evidence for an increase in anoxia. Photic zone euxinia, documented by concurrent negative ∆199Hg and positive δ202Hg... 75 KB (8,622 words) - 00:00, 24 April 2024 |
compared to deep water due to primary production using nutrients in the photic zone. Surface water is, however, high in oxygen compared to the deep ocean... 27 KB (3,015 words) - 16:50, 27 March 2024 |
Remineralisation (section Redox zonation) electron transport chain. A quarter of all organic material that exits the photic zone makes it to the seafloor without being remineralised and 90% of that... 17 KB (1,907 words) - 07:53, 24 August 2023 |
detritus sinking from the photic zone. Species richness in the profundal zone is often similar to that in the limnetic zone. Microbial levels in the profundal... 6 KB (709 words) - 16:23, 1 January 2024 |
Antarctic realm (redirect from Antarctic Zone) light-flooded surface, bringing nutrients from all oceans back to the photic zone. On August 20, 2014, scientists confirmed the existence of microorganisms... 6 KB (643 words) - 02:57, 14 March 2024 |
all autotrophic plants, seagrasses photosynthesize, in the submerged photic zone, and most occur in shallow and sheltered coastal waters anchored in sand... 94 KB (9,636 words) - 09:18, 28 April 2024 |