Open Ocean

Courtney WoodPeriod 3

Also known

as: Pelagic

Zone!

Example of Biome

Open Ocean or Pelagic Zone

Location of Biome

• The open ocean is located passed the coastal waters.

• It is the deeper areas of the ocean

Anchors away!

Physical Characteristics

• Temperature: 0° to 40° C• Salinity: 35 parts per thousand• Depth: The depth varies between

200 to 11,000 meters.• Water Flow: There are warm ocean

currents

Here fishy, fishy, fishy!

Base of Food Web

• Phytoplankton are the base of the food web.

• The zooplankton eat the phytoplankton.

• The larger organisms eat the zooplankton.

Fish are friends, not food.

Animals• Fish• Whales• Sharks• Squid• Dolphins• Plankton• Swordfish• Krill• Cuttlefish

Zones

• Epipelagic Zone: 200 meters deep• Mesopelagic Zone: 200 to 1000

meters• Bathypelagic Zone: 1000 to 4000

meters• Abyssopelagic Zone: 4000 to 6000

meters• Hadopelagic Zone: greater than 6000

meters

Just keep swimming!

Fun Facts

• Tsunamis are only 12 inches high in the open ocean!

• Ocean Acidification takes place here!• The deeper you go the colder it gets!• The deeper you go the less light

there is!

Brrrrr! I

wish I had fur!

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