The Marine Environment: United and Divided
This chapter provides an overview of the marine environment, which generally refers to the abiotic (physical) and biotic (biological) conditions that occur in the global ocean. The marine environment can be divided into polar, temperate, and tropical zones. The polar zones occur in the Arctic and An...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/hesc/9780198869085.003.0001 2023-10-09T21:47:02+02:00 The Marine Environment: United and Divided Kent, Michael 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hesc/9780198869085.003.0001 unknown Oxford University Press The Marine Environment and Biodiversity ISBN 9780198869085 9780191975622 book-chapter 2022 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/hesc/9780198869085.003.0001 2023-09-22T11:17:03Z This chapter provides an overview of the marine environment, which generally refers to the abiotic (physical) and biotic (biological) conditions that occur in the global ocean. The marine environment can be divided into polar, temperate, and tropical zones. The polar zones occur in the Arctic and Antarctic; ice algae form the base of polar food webs, with krill playing a central role in the Antarctic. The temperate zones are characterized by seasonal fluctuations in weather and primary production. Meanwhile, the warm sunlit waters of the tropical zones have a very low biodiversity in the open ocean and a very rich biodiversity in coral reefs. Spatially, the marine environment can be divided into two major zones: the pelagic and benthic zones. It can also be divided into a sunlit photic zone and a dark aphotic zone. Book Part Antarc* Antarctic Arctic ice algae Oxford University Press (via Crossref) Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic |
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This chapter provides an overview of the marine environment, which generally refers to the abiotic (physical) and biotic (biological) conditions that occur in the global ocean. The marine environment can be divided into polar, temperate, and tropical zones. The polar zones occur in the Arctic and Antarctic; ice algae form the base of polar food webs, with krill playing a central role in the Antarctic. The temperate zones are characterized by seasonal fluctuations in weather and primary production. Meanwhile, the warm sunlit waters of the tropical zones have a very low biodiversity in the open ocean and a very rich biodiversity in coral reefs. Spatially, the marine environment can be divided into two major zones: the pelagic and benthic zones. It can also be divided into a sunlit photic zone and a dark aphotic zone. |
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