Keywords |
  • Oceanography,
  • Sustainable development,
  • Oceanography

Pelagic life forms

Pelagic life forms are all of the living organisms in the oceanic or lake water column, above the depths where the benthos live.

Pelagic life forms include organisms that are able to move by themselves (nekton), independently of currents, and organisms that are unable to free themselves from these currents (plankton).

Jellyfish and plankton organisms are both pelagic life forms. © Nick Hobgood CC by-nc 2.0 Jellyfish and plankton organisms are both pelagic life forms. © Nick Hobgood CC by-nc 2.0

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