Descent: Surface to Hadal Zone
How these connect
Epipelagic Zone (Sunlight Zone) and what it relates to. Every line is an evidence-backed relation, and the arrangement is fixed — this address draws this picture, today and next year.
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- Expand Mesopelagic Zone (Twilight Zone) — 2 more
Every relation drawn, in words2
- Epipelagic Zone (Sunlight Zone) · overlies · Mesopelagic Zone (Twilight Zone)
The epipelagic sits directly above the mesopelagic; the boundary is the conventional ~200 m mark, not a physical interface.
- Marine Snow · originates_in · Epipelagic Zone (Sunlight Zone)
Marine snow is the debris of epipelagic primary production and grazing; the deep ocean's food budget is set in the sunlit layer.