The neritic zone (or sublittoral zone) is the relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, approximately 200 meters...
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However, the geographical meaning of littoral zone extends well beyond the intertidal zone to include all neritic waters within the bounds of continental shelves...
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epipelagic zone, which includes the coastal or neritic zone. Biodiversity diminishes markedly in the deeper zones below the epipelagic zone as dissolved...
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zone, middle tide zone, and low tide zone. The intertidal zone is one of a number of marine biomes or habitats, including estuaries, the neritic zone...
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The oceanic zone is typically defined as the area of the ocean lying beyond the continental shelf (e.g. the neritic zone), but operationally is often referred...
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Bottom trawling Deep sea Intertidal zone Lake stratification Littoral zone Neritic zone Photic zone Profundal zone Sediment Profile Imagery Stream bed...
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pacific as far as Hawaii. Atergatis floridus is an inhabitant of the neritic zone and prefers coral and rubble. It is largely nocturnal. A. floridus is...
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continental shelf constitutes the neritic zone, and the benthic (sea floor) province of the shelf is the sublittoral zone. The shelves make up less than...
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Alpine tundra (redirect from Alpine Zone)
at higher elevations on warmer equator-facing slopes. Because the alpine zone is present only on mountains, much of the landscape is rugged and broken...
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seabed and the benthos. The demersal zone is just above the benthic zone and forms a layer of the larger profundal zone.[citation needed] Being just above...
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signal an important mating area. Devil fish inhabit offshore areas to the neritic zone, their range as deep as several thousand meters. They are typically observed...
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of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone and another part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone are subject to the legal regime of transit...
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Biome (section Holdridge (1947, 1964) life zones)
basins Oceanic islands Biomes of the coastal and continental shelf areas (neritic zone): Polar Temperate shelves and sea Temperate upwelling Tropical upwelling...
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Ocean (section Oceanic zones)
pelagic zone can be further subdivided into two sub regions based on distance from land: the neritic zone and the oceanic zone. The neritic zone covers...
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suggests, the Atlantic flyingfish is only found in the pelagic zone to the neritic zone in the Atlantic Ocean. In the western Atlantic, they are known...
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burrows into clean or silty sand on the seabed in the neritic zone and the low intertidal zone. When covered with water this bivalve remains close to...
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Marine ecosystem (section Intertidal zones)
intertidal zone is the area between high and low tides. Other near-shore (neritic) zones can include mudflats, seagrass meadows, mangroves, rocky intertidal...
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Pacific. It is very common round the coasts of the British Isles in the neritic zone. The sea potato buries itself in sand to a depth of ten to fifteen centimetres...
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polypus is found in the Indo-Pacific area and the Red Sea. It lives in the neritic zone at depths down to about 25 metres (80 ft). C. polypus lives as a commensal...
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conditions. The tidal zone with its periodic exposure to the dehydrating air is home to barnacles, molluscs and crustaceans. The neritic zone has many organisms...
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Abyssal plain (section Oceanic zones)
referred to as the euphotic zone (also referred to as the epipelagic zone, or surface zone). The lower portion of the photic zone, where the light intensity...
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shallow seawater of the open ocean and the littoral zone, along shorelines of the intertidal zone and coastal wetlands, even in low-salinity brackish...
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of the abyssal plain is the abyssal zone, whose lower boundary lies at about 6,000 m (20,000 ft). The hadal zone – which includes the oceanic trenches...
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eastern coast of India, and Sri Lanka. Its natural habitat is in the neritic zone. The stripenose guitarfish lives mainly at the depths of 10 to 40 meters...
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and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environments and are an example of...
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thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because...
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Scandinavia south to Portugal. It is found low down on the shore and in the neritic zone, amongst seaweed, under stones or in rock pools in areas without strong...
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Littoral zone US Office of Naval Research. Ocean Regions: Littoral Zone - Characteristics Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine Neritic zone Webster's...
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Demersal fish Intertidal ecology Littoral Neritic zone Nekton Plankton Pelagic zone Photic zone Profundal zone Sediment Profile Imagery (SPI) Stream bed...
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habitats Littoral zone Intertidal zone Estuaries Mangrove forests Seagrass meadows Kelp forests Coral reefs Continental shelf Neritic zone Ocean surface Surface...
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