A thermocline is the transition layer between warmer mixed water at the ocean's surface and cooler deep water below.
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Thermocline
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8 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- термокли́н noun (layer in water)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 斜温层 noun (layer in water)
- 斜溫層 /斜温层 noun (layer in water)
Finnish
1 entries- termokliini noun (layer in water)
French
1 entries- thermocline noun (layer in water)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- termoklin noun (layer in water)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- termoklin noun (layer in water)
Russian
1 entries- термокли́н noun (layer in water)
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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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It is relatively easy to tell when you have reached the thermocline in a body of water because there is a sudden change in temperature.
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Even among migratory species, only a few (Aglaura hemistoma, Abylopsis tetragona eudoxids, Beroe sp., Thalia democratica, Salpa fusiformis) crossed the thermocline and reached the bottom layer.
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