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- bottom of lake, pond, or ocean
- coldest zone
- this zone is usually combined with the benthic zone, some characteristics stay the same

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Bottom dwellers, such as mussels, worms, and barnacles. Many live attached to a hard surface or burrow into softer sediment.

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- bottom of pond or lake
- inhabited by dead and decaying organisms, such as decomposers, insect larvae, and clams

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- farther from the shore, in open water
- no rooted plants
- phytoplankton
- nutrients and sunlight influence this location and the types of organisms in a pond or lake ecosystem

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Are free swimming organisms such as fish or whales.

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- near the shore
- aquatic life is diverse and abundant
- plants such as cattails, reeds, water lilies

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Organisms that can not swim against currents, so they are drifters.
Phytoplankton: Drifting algae that is a food base for most aquatic ecosystems.
Zooplankton: Drifters which range from microscopic to the size of jellyfish.