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... zones . The bathyal zone is that area of bottom encompassing the continental slope and down to about 4000 m . The abyssal zone includes the broad abyssal plains of the ocean basins between 4000 and 6000 m . The hadal is the benthic zone ...
... zones . The bathyal zone is that area of bottom encompassing the continental slope and down to about 4000 m . The abyssal zone includes the broad abyssal plains of the ocean basins between 4000 and 6000 m . The hadal is the benthic zone ...
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... zone on the continental slope and those living in a large abyssal zone constituting most of the deep - sea floor . The animals of the trenches live in a separate hadal ( ultra - abyssal ) zone , but little is known of their biology . In ...
... zone on the continental slope and those living in a large abyssal zone constituting most of the deep - sea floor . The animals of the trenches live in a separate hadal ( ultra - abyssal ) zone , but little is known of their biology . In ...
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... zone is reached by extreme high water of spring tides , but most of its water comes from wave splash . Above this zone is the terrestrial or supralittoral zone . The middle part of the intertidal is termed the midlittoral zone and is ...
... zone is reached by extreme high water of spring tides , but most of its water comes from wave splash . Above this zone is the terrestrial or supralittoral zone . The middle part of the intertidal is termed the midlittoral zone and is ...
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abundant adaptations algae algal amphipods anemones animals areas associations Atlantic bacteria barnacles benthic benthos Biol biological bottom burrowing changes clams Cnidaria colonies community structure competition copepods coral reefs crabs crustaceans deep sea density deposit feeders depth desiccation detritus diatoms distribution diversity dominant ecology effect environment estuary example fauna feeding Figure fishes gastropod grazing growth herbivores increased infaunal interactions interstitial intertidal zone invertebrates kelp large numbers larvae layers light limpets low tide macrofauna mangrove marine meiofauna meiofaunal organisms mesopelagic mollusks mud flats nekton number of species nutrients occur ocean oxygen Pacific coast particles patterns pelagic percent Photo courtesy photophores physical factors phytoplankton plankton plants Plate polychaete population predators prey primary productivity reduced result rocky intertidal rocky shores salinity sand beaches sand flats seagrass seagrass beds seawater sediment space substrate subtidal surface suspension feeders temperate temperature terrestrial tidal tropical various vertical water column wave action zonation zooplankton zooxanthellae