Meaning aphotic zone
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aphotic zone(ay-foe-tik) [Gk. aeirein, to lift, heave] The part of the ocean beneath the photic zone, where light does not penetrate sufficiently for photosynthesis to occur.
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aphotic zonethe deepest ocean zone, below 914 meters (3,000 feet). Also known as the midnight or bathypelagic zone.
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aphotic zoneThe portion of the ocean where the absence of sunlight prohibits plant growth. apical complex
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aphotic zone(Gk; a=not; photos= light) deep sea area of inky blackness whre photosynthesis is not possible. Many organisms living here migrate upward during the night to feed from the euphotic and disphotic zones [..]
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| << anticodon | apical dominance >> |
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