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photic zone in American English the uppermost layer in a body of water into which daylight penetrates in sufficient amounts to influence living organisms, esp. by permitting photosynthesis photic zone in American EnglishnounBiology the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis Word origin [1970–75 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: New Age, cornrow, relational database, stress test, urban legendExamples of 'photic zone' in a sentencephotic zone We calculate that proteorhodopsin-exploiting bacteria account for 13% of microorganisms in the photic zone.Proteorhodopsins are globally abundant photoproteins found in bacteria in the photic zone of the ocean.Density was evaluated by sampling carried out within the photic zone.The thickness of the photic zone of these communities spans 8 to 30 mm.The inferred networks showed a reduction of edges in the deepest layer of the photic zone.Benthic communities below the photic zone depend for food on allochthonous organic matter derived from seasonal phytoplankton blooms.In the photic zone of oceanic and coastal waters, underwater optical communication systems are exposed by remaining sunlight.Benthic deep-sea prokaryotes have crucial roles in this ecosystem, with their recycling of organic matter from the photic zone.In addition, conditions of photic zone euxinia are often found to occur during concretion formation in marine environments.Maximums of nitrite, dissolved oxygen and occasionally ammonium are found within the photic zone, close to the deep chlorophyll maximum. |