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Marine Environments
What are the major life zones in the ocean and along the coast?
What part of the ocean do you think contains the most life? The least life?
Inshore zone Includes:
1. Supratidal zoneContains:
2. Intertidal zone:
This is where:
The long line of seaweed called the __________________ marks the high tide on
beaches.
3. Subtidal zone:
This zone includes the ____________________, an area of turbulence.
____________________________________________________ live in the area.
Pelagic zone
(The neritic and the oceanic zones make up the largest marine life zone)
Neritic zone:
This is the main area for commercial fishing
Oceanic zone- extends beyond the neritic zone and includes most of the __________
Bathyal zoneAbyssal zoneHadal Zone –
Benthic zone- includes the entire ________________________, from the intertidal zone
to the ocean basin.
Organisms living here exhibit unique adaptations to conditions on the ocean floor.
Planktonic - (plankton):
Phytoplankton - plants and plant-like plankton, such as diatoms and
coccolithophores
Zooplankton: animals and animal-like plankton, such as:
Nektonic (nekton):
Benthonic or benthic:
Infaunal:
Epifaunal: