Sea Floor Community

The abyssal plain areas like deep sea coral whale falls and brine pools polar regions such as the antarctic and arctic coral reef s the deep sea such as the community found in the abyssal water column hydrothermal vents kelp forest s mangrove s the open ocean rocky shores salt marsh es and mudflat s and sandy shores.

Sea floor community.

The three main sources of ene. While it might seem that forms of life would be unable to survive at such great depths the ocean floor is inhabited by a significant number of species especially echinoderms such as sea urchins sea lilies sea cucumbers and starfish. Dead animals and feces. Since the 19th century however research has demonstrated that significant biodiversity exists in the deep sea.

A deep sea community is any community of organisms associated by a shared habitat in the deep sea. Because of the unique challenges it was long believed that little life existed in this hostile environment. The marine biome is made up of salt water regions and includes estuaries coral reefs shores and the open ocean. Marine communities water covers more than 75 of the earth and 99 of that water is salt water.

Deep sea communities remain largely unexplored due to the technological and logistical challenges and expense involved in visiting this remote biome. Fortunately the weather has been great and everyone aboard seems to be feeling fine and in good spirits. Observing the seafloor community march 22 2015 we steamed for a day to arrive at isla tortuga a small rugged and beautiful little island near the middle of the gulf. The mariana trench in the pacific ocean is the deepest known trench reaching a depth of 10 911 m below sea level at its deepest point.