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Contents 1 Hydrothermal vents 2 So what IS "Benthopelagic"? 3 Conflicting statements 4 Cruft v. cruft 5 pelagic 6 Oxygen and nutrient levels. 7 So what IS the pelagic zone?

[edit] Hydrothermal vents

The lower sections (ie. hadopelagic) state that very few organisms live there. In most areas, that may be true, but that certainly is not true for organisms near hydrothermal vents, which do not depend on above layers for food (they get it from the vent stream). Not much is known about them, but they certainly have lots of life nearby them (from cuurent data) and they are an exciting field of reaserch currently. I will add the info about the vents to the article, because it is relevant. Polonium 12:39, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] So what IS "Benthopelagic"?

The term benthopelagic redirects here, however the article doesn't even mention it. It would be nice to at least explain how the two terms relate. 71.217.98.158 20:11, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, the term benthopelagic seems to refer to fish and other ocean life, rather than to a zone in the water column itself. The definitions I can find on the web seem to refer to organisms which regularly transit between the seafloor and the open water, whether to feed, spawn, etc. I agree - either the definition should be included here, or (I think more properly) the redirect should point to a different page. PaladinWhite 23:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I got here the same way, by looking for Benthopelagic. Pal~ is correct, Benthopelagic refers to ocean life. Benthic organisms live on the bottom of a body of water. Benthopelagic ones range from teh bottom to the midwaters, occassionally to the surface. The redirect makes no sense; there is no palegic zone that fits this term. I will work towards a new page and a removal of the redir. Pawthorn 20:00, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conflicting statements

"The pelagic zone is the part of the open sea or ocean that is not near the [...] sea floor" seems to conflict with the lower-zone definitions, eg. "Abyssopelagic (from 4000 m down to above the ocean floor)". Which is more correct? PaladinWhite 23:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, "pelagic" refers to "open ocean." The original Greek probably meant "ocean out of sight of land;" in the modern world, it probably is best used to mean "ocean beyond the edges of the continental shelves." I'd remove the words "sea floor" from the opening paragraph (and I have decided to be bold, and done it); it's the floors of the continental shelves that count, not the entire sea floor. --DrGaellon (talk | contribs) 23:35, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cruft v. cruft

I am pretty new to contributing here so maybe I don't understand.

Please explain why a reference to pelagic within Star Trek not cruft while a reference from Finding Nemo is?

I am also not sure if this is where I should ask this question or if I should be doing it on the page of the person who reverted my contribution.

Rblinlv 17:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Note: this question has been answered +A.0u 04:13, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] pelagic

it so rocks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.100.72.121 (talk) 23:43, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Oxygen and nutrient levels.

I wish this article on pelagic zones included more information about oxygen and nutrient levels in different zones. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.135.47.72 (talk) 22:19, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] So what IS the pelagic zone?

a sentence, at the beginning of the article, might just be a good idea --Mongreilf (talk) 21:58, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

well it got better, but wasn't quite in layman's terms, so i added a bit from the simple english wikipedia's entry--Mongreilf (talk) 20:29, 15 March 2008 (UTC)