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Oceans
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- 1what is the largest oceanpacific
- 2epipelagic zonewhere sunlight penetrates through
- 3netritic provincerelatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf
- 4mesopelagic zonepart of the pelagic zone that extends from a depth of 200 to 1000 metres below the ocean surface
- 5Bathypelagic zonepart of the pelagic zone that extends from a depth of 1000 to 4000 metres below the ocean surface.
- 6pelagic zonethe open sea
- 7langmuir cellsa series of shallow, slow, counter-rotating vortices at the ocean's surface aligned with the wind.
- 8convergence and divergence regions of langmuir cells
- 9ekman spiralstructure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary.
- 10red tidemade up of blue-green algae, high production
- 11where does nearly all primary production take place in marine environmentsepipelagic zone
- 12nektonlarge, strong swimmers
- 13intertidal zonecovered and uncovered daily by tides
- 14coralcalcareous skeletal remains
- 15what does coral have a symbiotic relationship withzooaxanthellae (algae)
- 16where is the greatest net productivity / m2 on earthcoral reefs
- 17fringing reefgrow seaward from rocky shores of islands and continents
- 18barrier reefsparallel shorelines of continents and islands and are separated by land by shallow lagoons
- 19atollrings of coral reefs surrounding a lagoon. form when a volcanic mountain subsides beneath the surface
- 20lagoonshallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs
- 21are reefs well preservedyes
- 22esturariesmixing area for fresh and salt water
- 23do esturaies have high or low productivityhigh because nutrients are being delivered by freshwater tides
- 24tidal marshesalluvial deposits protected from open sea by bars or islands
- 25mangrove swampstidal flats of tropics, they have halophytic trees
- 26halophyteplant that grows in waters of high salinity
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