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	Neritic zone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The neritic zone spans from the low-tide line to the edge of the continental shelf in oceans.
		The neritic zone has a low water pressure and fairly stable temperature and is a home to most of the world's great fishing areas.
		The neritic zone is the continental shelf after the Intertidal zone to the continental cliff, where the continental crust ends and the oceanic crust begins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Neritic_zone (213 words)

	Marine Biomes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The neritic zone is one of the three major kinds of ocean habitats.
		The surface zone of the ocean is comprised of upper, well-illuminated waters.
		zone is one of the very few ecosystems on earth that does not depend on the sun’s energy.
	hometown.aol.com /alicatca/marine.html (495 words)

	Vocabulary / Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The final area of the littoral zone is the subtidal zone, which is always covered by seawater, and extends into the neritic zone.
		The neritic zone is the nearshore ocean environment, that which occurs above the continental shelf and is often called the coastal waters.
		The benthic zone extends from the intertidal, to the continental shelf, to the continental slope, to the deep ocean floor.
	www.usc.edu /org/seagrant/TextOnly/IELessons/Unit3/Lesson3/U3L3VB.html (703 words)

	Marine Life Zones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Plants and animals that live in the ocean are influenced by sunlight, distance from the shore, the water depth, salinity, and temperature, type of bottom sediments and dissolved oxygen.
		Euphotic zone is the portion of the photic zone near the surface where light is bright enough for photosynthesis to occur.
		The abyssal zone is a subdivision of the benthic zone and is characterized by extremely high pressures, consistently low temperatures, low oxygen, few nutrients and no sunlight.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /_ht_a/redsknqt13/4th12/Sec10.htm (421 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The bottom of the ocean is known as the benthic zone, while the pelagic zone extends from the ocean floor to the surface.
		The neritic zone is that part of the pelagic zone which extends from the high tide line to the ocean bottom less than 200 m deep while water deeper than 200 m feet is referred to as the oceanic zone.
		The next zone is the midlittoral zone, which includes the majority of the intertidal zone and recieves periodic exposure and submersion by tides.
	www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca /oceans/Introduction/Zonation/zonation.htm (285 words)

	Ecol-3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		All parts of the intertidal zone, all parts of the neritic zone and the upper part of the oceanic zone get sunlight and are therefore part of the photic zone.
		In the neritic and oceanic zones, the bottom is called the benthic zone while the water itself is called the pelagic zone.
		Neritic zones in New England have more nutrients in the water than places like Florida because the change of seasons causes the water to change temperature.
	www.haverhill-ma.com /hhs/willets/ecol-3.html (412 words)

	Organisms of the neritic zone - Department of Marine Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		are the littoral or intertidal zone, the sublittoral or neritic zone, Each niche is occupied by organisms that are adapted for those conditions.
		The neritic zone is populated by benthic organisms because of the penetration of sunlight to these shallow depths.
		The neritic zone is that part of the pelagic zone that extends from the high tide
	jboss.getinfoeasy.com /?q=jboss-organisms-of-the-neritic-zone (220 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Abyssal Zone is the deepest part of the ocean and The Neritic ZOne is the shallow part of the ocean.
		The pelagic Zone is in the middle of the Neritic and Abyssal Zone.
		We also learned about why the Abyssal Zone is the darkest part of the ocean and why the Neritic Zone is the lightest part of the ocean.
	earthguide.ucsd.edu /hughes2001/acct/imulzac (361 words)

	PLANKTON - LoveToKnow Article on PLANKTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The fauna of this zone may be termed the mesobenthos; it is not so abundant, nor so sharply characterized, as the epibenthos, and yet is sufficiently distinct to deserve at any rate a provisional name.
		The horizontal barriers to the neritic plankton are practically those mentioned as governing the epibenthos; indeed, it would seem that the distribution of hemibenthic adults is determined by that of their more delicate larvae.
		In the neritic epiplankton of polar waters the larvae of hemibenthic forms are almost absent; indeed, the development of cold-water benthos, whether shallow or abyssal, appears to be in most cases direct, this is, without a larval metamorphosis.
	www.1911ency.org /P/PL/PLANKTON.htm (4421 words)

	BioEd Online Slides: photosynthesis, environmental systems, ecosystem
		Within the photic zone, the shallow area found close to shore is designated as the littoral zone, the surface water away from the shore is referred to as the limnetic zone.
		The photic zone (depths which receive sufficient light to support photosynthesis) consists of the intertidal zone (exposed to air when the tide changes), the neritic zone (water less than 300 meters deep) and the oceanic zone.
		Organisms living in the abyssal zone (usually considered to be at depths greater than 12,000 ft or 4,000 m) are adapted to extremely cold temperatures and high pressures.
	www.bioedonline.org /slides/slide01.cfm?q=photosynthesis (1683 words)

	Habitats.html
		In examining the relationship between organisms and their physical environment, one easy place to begin is to separate those organisms that live in the water column from those living on the sea bed.
		The neritic zone is the shallow water on the continental shelf.
		Shelves may be less than 200 km deep, so large portions or all of the neritic zone may be within the photic zone (the depth of light penetration for photosynthesis).
	www.geo.umn.edu /courses/1006/Fall01_night/Habitats.html (1567 words)

	Marine Ecology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tides uncover parts of this zone and the area uncovered is the intertidal zone, above is the supratidal zone, affected by salt spray but not covered by sea water and below the intertidal zone is the subtidal zone..submerged and extending seaward.
		Other zones include the surface waters of the coastal areas called the neritic zone and the waters of the ocean called the epipelagic zone.The open ocean is less productive than the neritic zone which contains plant plankton, fish larva, invertebrate larva that will eventually end up near the coast.
		The open ocean is divided into zones depending on the amount of light it receives...from the epipelagic layer to the mesopelagic zone 200-1000m in which daytime inhabitants migrate upwards during the night, bringing back nutrients and some exhibit bioluminescence (light producing organs called photophores).
	darter.ocps.net /classroom/klenk/Ecology.htm (2131 words)

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		Zone may be 1000 km wide as in parts of the Arctic ocean or only a few km wide as along the west coasts of N. and S. America.\par }{\pntext\pard (2) ab} \pard \s4\fi-720\li2880\sl0\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880 {\\pn \pnlvl4\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta)}} {\plain Oceanic zone* is the water column beyond the shelf break.\par }\pard \sl0 {\plain \par }{\pntext\pard iv.
		All are neritic, needing to dry their wings periodically, as the feathers are not completely waterproof.\par }{\pntext\pard iv.
		Discuss these in detail later, but a few key points for the oceanic (not neritic) groups.\par }\pard \sl0 {\plain \par }{\pntext\pard (1) ab} \pard \s4\fi-720\li2880\sl0\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880 {\*\pn \pnlvl4\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta)}} {\plain Pelagic species are generally countershaded, usually streamlined, good swimmers, with well developed but not extreme eyes, often schooling and often migratory.
	www.geocities.com /scubataucher/diversity_of_habitats_jan30.doc (2276 words)

	Ocean Regions: Blue Water - Characteristics
		The neritic zone is the first 200 meters (656 feet) of ocean water, which includes the seashore and most of the continental shelf.
		Although fish are found everywhere in the ocean, the abundance of small organisms in the neritic zone provides a plentiful source of food for larger animals.
		The oceanic zone extends from 200 meters (656 feet) deep all the way down to the bottom of the ocean, which can be thousands of meters deep.
	www.onr.navy.mil /focus/ocean/regions/bluewater1.htm (378 words)

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		Horizontal layers of the pelagic region: Neritic province: the region that overlies the continental shelf.
		Littoral fringe: This zone extends higher than the highest tide where there is great exposure with spray from the various waves causing the organisms to extend higher into the littoral zone; lichens and algae enclosed in a gelatinous sheath form the vegetation; snails feed on these vegetation.
		Littoral zone: it is covered and uncovered by daily tides; Upper subzone: barnacles on the upper limit, Midlittoral subzone: oyster, mussels and limpet; brown algae Lower subzone: blue mussels, young starfish, sea urchins, brittle stars and bryozoans; red algae and Irish moss.
	www.cbu.edu /~esalgado/BIOL412/Ch31.doc (9142 words)

	Asim: AP Biology: Chapter Review Questions: Chapter 27 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The three major oceanic habitats are (1) the neritic zone-shallow zones along the continental coasts with a large number of species; (2) the surface zone-upper layers of the open sea with diverse species; and (3) the abyssal zone-deep-water areas shown to have more diversity than was thought as sampling techniques have improved.
		The abyssal zone would appear to be quite inhospitable, with its intense pressure, low temperature, and complete lack of light (and therefore photosynthesis).
		The three zones are (1) littoral zone-shallow water along the edges; (2) limnetic zone-upper layer of open water; and (3) profundal zone-water below the limit of light penetration.
	www.auburn.edu /~aliasim/school/biology/chapter/ques_27.htm (795 words)

	BIOSTRATIGRAPHY
		Sample 210-1276A-21R-CC is assigned to upper Maastrichtian Abathomphalus mayaroensis Zone (Zone KS31) based on the presence of the nominate taxon and a moderately diverse assemblage of globotruncanids and rugoglobigerinids (Table T7).
		The upper Cenomanian Rotalipora cushmani Zone (Zone KS19) is recognized in the thin section from Sample 210-1276A-31R-5, 18-20 cm, based on the presence of R.
		In Figure F142, the minimum and maximum ages of calcareous nannofossil, planktonic foraminifer, and palynomorph zones (or ages) for each sample are shown by conjugate triangles that are color-coded by microfossil group.
	www-odp.tamu.edu /publications/210_IR/chap_03/c3_6.htm (7395 words)

	NEPTUNE'S WEB - Oceanography Lesson Plans for Creative Art; Ocean Zones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bathyal zone - Marine fish commonly found in the middle layer of the ocean; for example large squid, octopus, and lantern fish.
		Review with students the five ocean zones (tidal zone, neritic zone, open ocean zone, bathyal zone, abyssal zone), discussing the location of marine life and why certain ocean zones only contain certain types of marine organisms.
		Students are to draw a scene in the ocean which includes at least five marine organisms for each of the five ocean zones.
	pao.cnmoc.navy.mil /educate/neptune/lesson/art/under.htm (268 words)

	IBSS NASU. Alexander R. Boltachev.Synopsis of the Ph.D. dissertation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Since the object of investigation are the fishes which inhabit the upper and middle layers of pelagic zone, the hydrologic structure of surfase, sub-surface and intermediate waters was examinet.
		Lampadena urophaos atlantica inhabits mainly in the Eastern remote-neritic zone and Diaphus garmany - in the Western one.
		The position of the first one is timed to the upper transitional zone between the surface and syb-surface waters, the second one's between the sub-surface and intermediate waters.
	www.ibss.iuf.net /people/boltach/phdbolt.html (5114 words)

	Of the neritic - Phytoplankton Nitrogen Nutrition in the Western Indian Ocean
		In neritic regions, the genera Paracalanus, Centropages and Temora usually dominate numerically.
		Summer foods primarily neritic (ie, inhabiting waters of the continental shelf) Summer foods from Bering Sea and Kodiak I. are neritic forage fishes,
		The neritic zone is occupied by a large number of species.
	of-the-neritic.getinfoeasy.com (206 words)

	Dummies::SAT II Biology: Touring the Major Biomes
		Neritic zone: The continental shelf extends out pretty far before dropping off to the really deep ocean —; that part after the beach but before the drop-off is called the neritic zone.
		Aphotic means "no light," so the aphotic zone is where light does not penetrate, which is in the deepest part of the ocean.
		That means (B), the aphotic zone, is the correct answer.
	www.dummies.com /WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-3026.html (1398 words)

	Marine biology; plankton;
		The open water environment is the pelagic zone, and the seafloor environment is the benthic zone.
		The pelagic zone is divided into the coastal or neritic zone above the continental shelf and the oceanic zone or deep water away from the influence of land; since the upper Adriatic Sea hardly is anything deeper than 50m, it is considered to belong to the coastal or neritic zone.
		As a result of convergence zones and boundaries between water types, zooplankton exists in patches of high population density between areas that are less heavily populated.
	www.sbg.ac.at /ipk/avstudio/pierofun/rovigno/rovigno1.htm (1603 words)

	Waterose Paper: Microbes in the Marine Environment
		The horizontal zones that extend from the shore are the littoral or intertidal zone, the sublittoral or neritic zone, and the pelagic or open water zone.
		The vertical regions that extend downward from the intertidal zone are the benthic region, the continental slope or bathyl region, the deep-sea floor or abyssal plain, and the deep ocean trenches or hadal region.
		Conversely, the ocean zones are not as highly productive except for the pleuston layer where there is adequate light for bacteria that are primary producers.
	www.geocities.com /Waterose_Test/microbe.html (1224 words)

	BIOME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Contained in neritic zone, in warm tropical waters, Coral Reefs constitue a conspicuous and distinctive biome.
		The reefs are dominated by the structure of the corals that occupy it.
		The coral animals themselves are preditorial but require to be within the photic zone due their symbiotic relantionship with dionoflagellates.
	hoopermuseum.earthsci.carleton.ca /coral/BIOME.htm (191 words)

	Ocean Life
		The Benthic Zone is divided into the intertidal or Littoral Zone, the deeper Bathyal Zone of the continental slope, the Abyssal Zone of the deep ocean floor, and the Hadal Zone, or deep DEEP zones in the trenches.
		The Photic Zone is the zone in the ocean that light penetrates.
		The seafloor is called the Benthic Zone and is divided into the intertidal or Littoral Zone, the deeper Bathyal Zone of the continental slope, the Abyssal Zone of the deep ocean floor, and the very deep Hadal Zone.
	www.coloradocollege.edu /Dept/GY/rweb/ocnlife.html (1671 words)

	SciOceanLifeZones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Seaweed is unable to grow beyond the bathyal zone because of lack of sunlight.
		The dividing line between the neritic and bathyal zones is the continental shelf.
		The neritic zone has the greatest variety of marine life.
	chesterfield.k12.va.us /~mbwebste/Webstr/scioclif.htm (282 words)

	Chapter 46 (50)
		´ The neritic zone extends from the intertidal zone, across the shallow regions, to the edge of the continental shelf.
		Intertidal zones, where land and sea meet, are alternately submerged and exposed by daily tide cycles.
		Deep benthic communities living in the abyssal zone are exposed to very different conditions than those under the neritic and pelagic zones.
	www.niles-hs.k12.il.us /jacnau/chpt50.html (6023 words)

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