The neritic zone is the relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, extending to a depth of about 200 meters. Sunlight reaches the ocean floor throughout the zone, keeping it within the photic zone where photosynthesis can occur, and its abundant light, well-oxygenated water and stable temperature and salinity make it exceptionally productive. These conditions let the neritic zone support the majority of the world's marine life and commercial fisheries through high primary production and complex food webs.
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Typical Low Temperature (C)Same reasoning as the neritic zone high figure: shallow shelf water shares the polar surface freezing point already used for Open Ocean and Marine. Typical High Temperature (C)The neritic zone is the shallow, surface-connected water over the continental shelf, so it shares the same tropical surface temperature extreme as the Open Ocean and Marine biomes on the same source. Disputed
Annual Precipitation (mm)Same global land+ocean blended figure and caveat used for Open Ocean and Marine; the neritic zone has no isolated shelf-water precipitation figure on an accessible source. Neritic Zone
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1. How Does the Temperature of Ocean Water Vary? (NOAA Ocean Exploration)
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These variations in solar energy mean that the ocean surface can vary in temperature from a warm 30°C (86°F) in the tropics to a very cold -2°C (28°F) near the poles.
2. Precipitation (Wikipedia)
WikipediaWikipedia, Precipitation, lead sectionQuote, Wikipedia, Precipitation, lead section
the globally averaged annual precipitation is 990 millimetres (39 in), but over land it is only 715 millimetres (28.1 in)
Flatback Sea Turtle (Wikipedia)
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The species is endemic to the sandy beaches and shallow coastal waters of the Australian continental shelf.
Wikipedia: Lined seahorse
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Its habitats are marine intertidal and marine neritic.
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
NatureServe Explorer: Lutjanus campechanus
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
NatureServe Explorer: Morus bassanus
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
NatureServe Explorer: Lepidochelys olivacea
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
NatureServe Explorer: Halichoerus grypus
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
NatureServe Explorer: Larus fuscus
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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"marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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Found on sandy, weedy bottoms (Ref. 799 ) and muddy bottoms, in sublittoral areas (Ref. 128042 ).
SeaLifeBase: Todarodes pacificus summary
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Lives in surface waters of open oceans and coastal areas (Ref. 843 ).
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Found from shallow subtidal to at least 190 meters.
SeaLifeBase: Haliotis tuberculata
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Collected from the sublittoral zone, from low tide up to a depth of 200 m (Ref. 2754 ).
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Found along coastal waters (Ref. 106888 ).
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Found over the continental shelf and slope.
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Occupies the sublittoral zone (Ref. 77016 ).
SeaLifeBase: Nautilus vitiensis
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Inhabits areas along the coast (Ref. 128155 ).
GBIF: Lineus longissimus
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In deeper sub-littoral areas, it occurs on muddy, sandy, stony or shelly substrata.
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