EPIPELAGIC ZONE

Trooper, Vincent, Vanity

FACTS

This zone is 0 meters to 200 meters deep!( about

600 feet!)

Holds 90% of marine life

Sunlight reaches 660 ft. down

Can have photosynthesis

Nicknamed “Sunlit Zone”

Temperature is anywhere from 27 – 97F

FACTS CONT.

The zone has the highest spectrum of light that

penetrates the surface

This also has the highest percent of dissolved

oxygen of all the zones

CURRENTS

Northern Equatorial

West Australian

Equatorial Current

North Atlantic

South Equatorial

East Australian

Water

Light

Temperature

pH

Salinity

Substratum

Nutrient supply

ABIOTIC FACTORS

Dissolved Gases

Pressure

Tides

Currents

Waves

Exposure to Air

Fishing

BIOTIC FACTORS

Pollution

Seaweed

Red Algae (Edible nori)

Green Algae

Brown Algae

Phytoplankton

Plankton

PRIMARY PRODUCERS

Flowering Plants

Sea-grasses

Mangroves

The sea life that most humans

are familiar with live in this

layer.

Dolphins

Whales

Sharks

Porpoises

Manatees

Moray Eels

VERTEBRATES

Tuna

Herring

Ocean Sunfish

Sawfish

Flying Fishes

Sea Birds

INVERTEBRATES

The biggest group of invertebrates are:

Jellyfish

Crustaceans

Micro-organisms

Zooplankton

THE CORAL REEFS

Densely packed with coral and other invertebrates

Most diverse of all marine habitats

A lot of symbiotic relationships within the coral

Easily disturbed

FIN

(That was deep)