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The variety and abundance of the benthos vary with latitude, depth, water temperature and salinity, locally determined conditions such as the nature of the substrate, and ecological circumstances such as predation and competition.

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The near shore area where light penetrates all the way to the sediment and allows aquatic plants to grow.

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Nekton organisms actively swim instead of drift in the currents and they have a bladder that fills with gas that allows them to float or sink.

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Ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water, including the sediment and some sub-surface layers.

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Deep zone of a standing body of water such as a lake or pond, below the range of effective light penetration.

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growth depends on the availability of carbon dioxide, sunlight, and nutrients. Phytoplankton, like land plants, require nutrients such as nitrate, phosphate, silicate, and calcium at various levels depending on the species.

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The well-lit, open surface water of a lake away from the shore. Vegetation of the littoral zone surrounds this expanse of open water and it sits above the profundal zone.