Katie's Oceanic Benthic Brochure
Katie's Oceanic Benthic Brochure
Katie's Oceanic Benthic Brochure
Food Web:
Where is the Marine
Benthic Zone?
Commonly called "the seafloor", the
Marine Benthic Zone lies at the very
bottom of the ocean, thousands of
meters below sea level. It contains
multiple levels that vary in qualities. This
biome spreads all across the world and
is in every ocean.
The Marine
Benthic Zone: A
Symbiosis: Perfect Escape
- Mutualism: Female angler fish are
forty times larger than male. The From Reality
males attach onto the females and
receive a lifetime of nutrients in
exchange for sperm.
By Katie Quigley
- Mutualism/Predation: Luminescent
What are the varying What Animals live in the What plants live in the
temperatures and depths Marine Benthic Zone? Marine Benthic Zone?
Various different animals call the Marine Plants in the Marine Benthic Zone
in this zone? include, water lilies, cattails, giant
Benthic Zone their home. Crabs, sea stars, kelp, bladderwrack, irish moss, and
The subdivisions of the Marine Benthic
sea cucumbers, clams, flounder, and mangroves.
Zone include the following:
catfish are all interesting benthic animals. - Water lilies have bowl-shaped
- Estuarine: 0-200 meters bsl, 35 flowers and broad, flat leaves that
- Starfish are incredible animals because
degrees Fahrenheit. they have adapted to their dangerous, float. This allows the lilies to collect
- Bathyal: 200 to 2000 meters bsl, predator filled environment by being able the maximum amount of sunlight,
41 degrees Fahrenheit. which does not penetrate very
to regenerate amputated limbs.
deeply below the water's surface.
- Abyssal: 2000 to 6000 meters
bsl, 37 to 39 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Hadal: over 6000 meters bsl, 34
to 37 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fun Facts!
- The main source of nutrients in the
benthic zone is dead organisms and
other biomass from the upper layers
sinking to the bottom. This looks like
snow!
- Many organisms adapted to - Sea cucumbers have also adapted to their
- Some mangroves have adapted to
deep-water pressure cannot survive predator rich environment by being able remove salt from brackish
in the upper parts of the water to shed their internal organs. This estuarine waters through
column. The pressure difference can confuses their attackers. ultra-filtration in their roots.
be very significant
Works Cited
“List of Plants and Animals of the Benthic Zone.” ScienceStruck, ScienceStruck, sciencestruck.com/list-of-plants-animals-of-benthic-zone.
Lee, LaKeisha. “Ecosystems: Marine Benthic Zone.” Prezi.com, 3 Apr. 2013, prezi.com/kugwxzdb4_mo/ecosystems-marine-benthic-zone/.