This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Although freshwater biomes cover less than 1% of the Earth’s surface, they have disproportionate ecological significances. Attempts to study ...

The aphotic zone is the deep and dark region encompassing most oceanic waters, into which light hardly penetrates. The Lithuanian artist and filmmaker Emilija Škarnulytė has made a hypnotic film, ...

After six years of researching the uncharted depths of coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea, scientists have discovered an entirely new ocean zone called the rariphotic zone. This column of water sits 130 ...

Aphotic zone: That portion of the ocean environment that does not receive enough sunlight to allow plant photosynthesis to take place. In clear tropical waters it begins at a depth of about 350 feet, ...