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
ABIOTIC FACTORS
 Water
 Dissolved Gases
 Light
 Pressure
 Temperature
 Tides
 pH
 Currents
 Salinity
 Substratum
 Nutrient supply
 Waves
 Exposure to Air
BIOTIC FACTORS
 Fishing
 Pollution
PRIMARY PRODUCERS
 Seaweed
 Flowering Plants
 Red Algae (Edible nori)
 Sea-grasses
 Green Algae
 Mangroves
 Brown Algae
 Phytoplankton
 Plankton
VERTEBRATES
 The sea life that most humans
are familiar with live in this layer.
 Dolphins
 Whales
 Tuna
 Herring
 Ocean Sunfish
 Sharks
 Sawfish
 Porpoises
 Flying Fishes
 Manatees
 Sea Birds
 Moray Eels
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)