Relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf
Marine habitats
Sargassum seaweed drifting in the neritic zone provides food and shelter for small epipelagic fish.
Coastal habitats
Littoral zone
Intertidal zone
Estuaries
Mangrove forests
Seagrass meadows
Kelp forests
Coral reefs
Continental shelf
Neritic zone
Ocean surface
Surface microlayer
Epipelagic zone
Open ocean
Pelagic zone
Oceanic zone
Sea floor
Seamounts
Hydrothermal vents
Cold seeps
Demersal zone
Benthic zone
Marine sediment
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As highlighted in light green, the neritic zone coincides with the relative shallows of the continental shelves
The neritic zone (or sublittoral zone) is the relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, approximately 200 metres (660 ft) in depth.[1][2]
From the point of view of marine biology it forms a relatively stable and well-illuminated environment for marine life, from plankton up to large fish and corals, while physical oceanography sees it as where the oceanic system interacts with the coast.
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of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone and another part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone are subject to the legal regime of transit...
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suggests, the Atlantic flyingfish is only found in the pelagic zone to the neriticzone in the Atlantic Ocean. In the western Atlantic, they are known...
conditions. The tidal zone with its periodic exposure to the dehydrating air is home to barnacles, molluscs and crustaceans. The neriticzone has many organisms...
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water nearby. The drop-off zone applies mainly to the reefs surrounding oceanic islands and atolls. The reef face is the zone above the reef floor or the...
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from 2-21 micrometers [Hasle 1997]. They are found typically in the neriticzone of the ocean and are highly populous in coastal systems [Jung 2009]....
gegenbauri played an important role as consumers of plankton in the neriticzone on the continental shelf off the United States. Another study in Japan...
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pacific as far as Hawaii. Atergatis floridus is an inhabitant of the neriticzone and prefers coral and rubble. It is largely nocturnal. A. floridus is...
Scandinavia south to Portugal. It is found low down on the shore and in the neriticzone, amongst seaweed, under stones or in rock pools in areas without strong...
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