Water Flashcards
(Horizontal)Benthic areas
Intertidal, subtital, littortal?
Areas that at some point see air
(Horizontal)Oceanic/ pelagic
Open ocea
(Vertical) euphoric/ sunlit, epipelagic
200m
Disphotic, twilight, mesopelagic
1000,m
Aphotic, midnight, bathypelagic
4000
Abyssal
6000
Hadal
Below 6000m
Euphoric zone
Enough light for photosythesis
Phytoplanlton and zooplankton
Most animals live in this zone
Disphotic zones
Not enough light to grow but enough light for deception and response by animals
Nothing much lives here but the dead material from the euphoric zone drops here
Aphotic zone
No light so no plants
Very cold and extreme pressure
Food web based on bacteria
Shallow marine waters (kelp forests and coral gardens
Kelp forests- temperate to sub polar
Coral reefs- closer to equator
Maine shores- the intertidal
Physical conditions change dramatically every day
Photic (lakes)
The part where light can reach
Benthic(lake)
where light doesnt not reach
Littoral(lake)
Where plants are rooted to the ground