Bathypelagic zone

marine zone

copepod(parasite)

the food web of the bathypalagic zone

amphipod(prey)

crabs (predator&prey)

goblin shark(predator&host)

predatory tunicate(predator)

Short term Changes to the bathypelagic zone

tapeworm(parasite)

deep sea trawling damages the ecosystem by taking many of the organisms for food damaging the population of fish putting strain on the already delicate ecosystem. And the deep sea trawling disturbs sediments contaminated with pollutants which will poison the animals in the ecosystem.

the biodiversity of the bathypelagic

long term changes in the ecosystem

bacteria(decomposer)

The bathypelagic zone has the third most diverse amount of organisms right behind the mesopalagic and epipelagic zone most of the animals have interesting adaptions to survive in this environment.

One of the main long term changes to this environment is caused by deep sea mining for when we mine at heat vents we will stop the path of heat which will kill all organisms that are attached and there will probably be no more of the organisms there again it causes severe damage to that part of the ecosystem

conclusion

bathypelagic zone

To sum it all up the bathypelagic zone is a harsh environment to where it doesn't support its organisms but the organisms have to adapt and survive in it. The bathypelagic zone still leaves some questions such as how do such interesting animals thrive in this environment and how do they produce bio luminescence and why does there happens to be no holoparasitic plants that do not need light in the bathypelagic zone but there is many on land.

The bathypelagic zone most commonly known as the midnight zone is one of the five ecological marine environment. The bathypelagic zone is the third deepest extending 1000 to 4000m underwater where close to no light can reach. It's an interesting and odd ecosystem that harbors interesting animals ranging from transparent to bio luminescent.

the biotic and abiotic factors

One of the main a biotic factor is the lack of light and heat which made the animals evolve with such interesting characteristics. The biotic factors are mainly other predators, mates, and food that falls to the bottom such as detritus There is no plants because no light is able to penetrate to this part of the ocean in order to do the process of photosynthesis nor is there holoparasitic plants that don't need the process of photosynthesis even though the animals barely move since most lack a fully developed masculatory system

bio diversity

The animals have adapted in many ways which have gave way to a variety of animals which help support the very harsh but delicate ecosystem the animals depend mainly on detritus which is decomposing food that sinks to the bottom such as carcases, dead plants, and feces. since there is no plants the animals in this enviroment depend on oxygen from decomposers, bacteria through chemosynnthesis, and the great oceanic conveyer belt