Oceanic Pelagic

               Any water in a sea or lake that is neither close to the bottom nor near the shore, it can be said to be in the pelagic zone. There are many layers that are divided in the water. There is Epipelagic which is where the sunlight mostly goes. Then, the Mesopelagic, this is where the second layer of photosynthesis is. The Bathypelagic is pitch black. No living plants live here. The fourth layer is Abyssopelagic. This layer is where very few creatures live because of very cold temperatures. The bottom layer is the Hadopelagic and this layer is the deep water trenches which is about 20,000 ft. below. There are pelagic birds that live on the open sea. The pelagic fish live in the water column of coastal, ocean, and lake waters, but not on or near the bottom of the sea or the lake. Another organism that lives in the pelagic zone are invertebrates. There is krill, copepods, jellyfish, decapod larvae, rotifiers and cladocerans. Lastly, there are many species of marine snakes that spend their life in the pelagic zone.

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