Oceans and seas:Aphotic zone
Published: March 29, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: October 26, 2011, 11:49 am
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C Michael HoganThe aphotic zone is the region below the euphotic zone where no light is available for photosynthesis. Several ocean zones are within the aphotic zone including the bathypelagic zone and the abyssal zone.
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Ocean depth divisons. Source: Creative Commons
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- Physical Oceanography Index
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Steve Baum, Peter Saundry (Contributing Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Aphotic zone". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 29, 2010; Last revised Date October 26, 2011; Retrieved May 20, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Aphotic_zone?topic=49523>
The aphotic zone is the region below the euphotic zone where no light is available for photosynthesis. Several ocean zones are within the aphotic zone including the bathypelagic zone and the abyssal zone.
| This article is written at a definitional level only. Authors wishing to improve this entry are inivited to expand the present treatment, which additions will be peer reviewed prior to publication of any expansion. |
Ocean depth divisons. Source: Creative Commons
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- Physical Oceanography Index
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