Ocean Structures

Coastal vs. Open Sea

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Coastal vs. Open Sea (Pelagic)

Euphotic

Bathyal

Abyssal

- Little to no light = no plankton, fewer organisms, slow metabolism and energy efficient

- Deep sea, highest pressure, coldest temps

- Sunlight present = photosynthesis = plankton

- 200 m

- benthic- abyssal plain

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Coastal vs. Open Sea (Pelagic)

Euphotic

Bathyal

Abyssal

- Little to no light = no plankton, fewer organisms, slow metabolism and energy efficient

- Deep sea, highest pressure, coldest temps

- Sunlight present = photosynthesis = plankton

- 200 m

- benthic- abyssal plain

Backshore

Spray

Intertidal

Continental ShelfContinental SlopeContinental Rise

(Near coast waters and adjacent land)

- Land behind spray zone/waves

- Where land meets ocean

- Where land meets ocean

Bathymetry Los Angeles

Imagine the water level lowered….

Continental shelf

Continental slope

Continental rise

- edge of a continent that is under the ocean, usually exposed during ice ages

- relatively steep transition

- gentle transition, made of accumulated sediments

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Guyots (table mounts)

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