Pelagic Biome
By Andres Garcia
Location
• The pelagic biome is the marine ocean system
• The pelagic biome covers about 70 percent of
the world and is the most diverse of all the
biomes.
Location
All of the area marked oceans is the
pelagic biome
Fish
• Some of the fish that are a part of this biome
are Tuna, Salmon – which have the impressive
ability to survive in both freshwater and
saltwater, Japanese Mackerel, and Herring
Sharks/rays
• There are also many sharks that live and hunt
in the open ocean. Some key sharks are the
tiger shark, hammerhead shark – though they
are often found by reefs for cleaning, basking
shark, and the oceanic white tip.
• The Manta ray is also a residence of the open
ocean
Mammals
• There are many mammals that make the open
ocean their home and hunting grounds
• There are dolphin species such as Bottlenose
Dolphin, Common Dolphin, and Pacific White
Side Dolphin
• Whales of this zone include Blue Whale,
Humpback Whale, and Gray Whale
Birds
• Birds such as the Tropic bird , South Polar
Skua, Thayer's Gull, Tufted puffin, and Longtailed Jaeger have adapted to life as marine
birds and will dove into the sea to catch their
pray. These birds only return to land to breed
but live and swim in the ocean or float on the
surface.
Animal Pictures
Plants
• There are not quite as many types of plants in
the ocean but there is usually some algae that
has been pulled off the ground and is floating.
• Algae is broken down into three different
groups: Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta, and
Phaeophyta. (green, red, brown)
Plant Pictures
Characteristics
• This biome is the least explored and on dives
to the deeper parts, scientists routinely find
new species.
• Coral reefs are some of the most diverse
habitats on earth, providing shelter to
thousands of fish.
Fun Facts
• The term pelagic is from the Ancient Greek
word πέλαγος (pélagos), which translates to
"open sea".
• They have found plants that survive with no
light source in the depths.
• The canyons of the ocean are much , much
deeper than the Grand Canyon.
More fun facts about the ocean
• If one coral grows to close to another one they
will fight over the space and the winner ends
up eating away at the loser until the loser is
no longer is the way.
• The Great Barrier Reef is the largest reef on
earth.
Oceans
• The ocean temperature does not vary vastly
during the year because of how vast the body is.
• Many kelp forests exist around the world one
being off the coast of California and at Catalina
Island.
• A significant amount of the worlds oxygen is
produced by algae and there are theories for
using algae to reduce the amount of carbon in
the atmosphere to help repair it.