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Aphotic Zone~ Midnight
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ANTLANTIC OCEAN
Aphotic Zone~ Midnight
BY: Kalieah Link 2/28/17 period 2
FOOD WEB
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WORK CITED
dangers
Cole, Emma. "Aphotic Zone." Prezi.com. N.p., 04 May 2011. Web. 21 Feb. 2017.
SYMBIOSIS
"Aphotic Zone." A Dictionary of Biology. Encyclopedia.com, n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2017.
"Midnight Ocean (Aphotic) Zone." Midnight Ocean (Aphotic) Zone - EnchantedLearning.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2017.
One danger is that the ecosystem struggles with oil spills, which kills fish.
A male angler fish eats off a female fish, attched to fish permanet parastie.
ANIMALS USE BIOLUMINESCANE
OR LIGHT FROM OTHER ORGANISMS
the biochemical emission of light by living organisms such as fireflies and deep-sea fishes.
•the light emitted by organisms such as fireflies and deep-sea fishes.
ANIMALS
Angler fish
They are bony fish named for their characteristic mode of predation, in which a fleshy growth from the fish's head acts as a lure.
Cookie Cutter Shark
Arrow Worm
Angler fish
Chaetognatha, meaning bristle-jaws, and commonly known as arrow worms, is a phylum of predatory marine worms which are a major component of plankton worldwide.
Arrow Worm
Cookie Cutter Shark
Cookiecutter shark, also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae. This shark occurs in warm, oceanic waters worldwide, particularly near islands, and has been recorded as deep as 3.7 km.
Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat.
Copepodes
The crab louse is an insect that is an obligate ectoparasite of humans, feeding exclusively on blood.
crabs
plants
There are no plants in this zone because there is no light for photosynthesis to happen.
What is the Aphotic zone?
no plant adaption
Where?
Abiotic Factors
-formally defined as less than 1% of sun light penetrates
-aphotic means (without light) in greek
-includes the bathylal, abyssal, and the hadal zones
-portion of a lake or ocean where there is little sunlight
-gets no sunlight
-about 13,000 feet - 4,000
-nearly freezing and decreases with depth
-32~43 degrees
-difficult place to live