Minute, free-floating aquatic plants and animals.

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Small krill-like crustaceans that are part of the plankton. They are an important prey item for a number of  animals such as fishes and whales.

An island formed from a coral reef, sometimes circular or horseshoe-shaped, with a lagoon in the center. Atolls usually form around sunken volcanoes.

The cultivation of aquatic organisms.

A bank is a raised seafloor feature such as a large submerged plateau that is usually part of the continental shelf. 

Nearshore islands, most often occurring in a chain of long, thin islands that parallel the mainland coast and separate the mainland from the ocean.  Barrier islands are built up by wind, waves, and oc [..]

The topography of the ocean floor.

The collection of organisms living on or in sea or lake bottoms

a fishing method which involves towing trawl nets along the sea floor