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)