https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx Characteristics en-us 2019-01-11 20:35:16 UTC 2019-01-14 20:28:10 UTC hello@padlet.com jarrettcornelius https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320517240 The near shore area where light penetrates all the way to the sediment and allows aquatic plants to grow.]]> 2019-01-14 20:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320517240 jarrettcornelius https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320518512 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.]]> 2019-01-14 20:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320518512 jarrettcornelius https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320519020 Deep zone of a standing body of water such as a lake or pond, below the range of effective light penetration. ]]> 2019-01-14 20:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320519020 jarrettcornelius https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320519532 Ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water, including the sediment and some sub-surface layers.]]> 2019-01-14 20:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320519532 jarrettcornelius https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320521389  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.]]> 2019-01-14 20:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320521389 jarrettcornelius https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320522191 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.]]> 2019-01-14 20:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320522191 jarrettcornelius https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320522726 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.]]> 2019-01-14 20:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jarrettcornelius/zdce1cf90rlx/wish/320522726