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15.4 Marine Ecosystems
Marine ecosystems are global.
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| intertidal zone | strip of land between the high and low tide lines |
| neritic zone | zone of the ocean that extends from the intertidal zone out to the edge of the continental shelf |
| bathyal zone | zone of the ocean that extends from the edge of the neritic zone to the base of the continental shelf |
| abyssal zone | depth of the ocean that lies below 2000 meters and is in complete darkness |
| plankton | microscopic, free-floating organisms, which may be animals or protists, that live in the water |
| zooplankton | animal plankton |
| phytoplankton | photosynthetic microscopic protists, such as algae |
| coral reef | ocean habitat found in the shallow coastal waters in a tropical climate |
| kelp forest | ocean habitat that exists in cold, nutrient-rich shallow coastal waters, composed of large communities of kelp, a seaweed |
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