euphotic zone, photic zone
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euphotic zone, photic zone
orepipelagic zone
the top 100 m of the sea into which light can penetrate and in which PHOTOSYNTHESIS takes place. See SEA ZONATION.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005