Oceans
An enclosed area where rivers empty into the ocean, serve as nurseries for marine organisms is called?
Estuaries
What zone is located between the low and high tide line?
intertidal zone
definition of trenches?
deepest part of the oceans
what zone is located from the low tide line to the continental shelf?
the neritic zone
Aquaculture
the cultivation of seafood
What part of the ocean that receives enough sunlight to permit photosynthesis?
the photic zone
an opening in the sea floor out of which heated mineral-rich water flows.
hydrothermal vents
what part of the ocean that receives some sunlight, but not enough light for photosynthesis?
The dysphotic zone
What is a continuous shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column is called?
Marine snow
what part of an ocean or lake beneath the dysphotic zone, where no light penetrates?
The aphotic zone