In the thermocline, temperature decreases rapidly from the mixed upper layer of the ocean (called the epipelagic zone) to much colder deep water in the thermocline (called the mesopelagic zone).
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Mesopelagic
Synonyms for "mesopelagic" (2 found)
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2 translations across 2 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- mesopelaginen adj (relating to the zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones)
Portuguese
1 entries- mesopelágico adj (relating to the zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones)
Sample sentences
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Females feed on squid in the mesopelagic zone, which is below 650 feet, it is surmised to avoid their predators.
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For those animals living in the mesopelagic zone, where some light downwells from the surface, a visual predator looking up at them could see a silhouette.
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