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Lake zones
Properties of water
100
The zone at the bottom of the lake
What is the benthic zone?
100
The temperature at which the density of water is highest
What is 4 degrees C?
200
The zone that includes submerged, floating and emergent plants
What is the littoral zone?
200
This property of water affects many abiotic and biotic factors in a lake. Temperature Oxygen Light Living Organisms Primary Productivity
What is stratification?
300
This is the zone with open water
What is the limnetic or pelagic zone?
300
These are the three main layers of stratification?
What are the epilimnion, metalimnion and hypolimnion?
400
This is the layer from the surface down to the depth where light levels become too low for photosynthesizers.
What is the euphotic zone?
400
This is the point at which the temperature change is the greatest in a lake
What is thermocline?
500
Trees live here
What is the upland?
500
This is the warmer, upper layer of water in a lake
What is the epilimnion?