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• neritic — eritic adj. Relating to the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the seacost; as, neritic fauna. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Neritic zone — Marine habitats Sargassum seaweed drifting in the neritic zone provides food and shelter for small epipelagic fish Littoral zone …   Wikipedia

• neritic — adjective 1. of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep neritic fauna neritic oil • Pertains to noun: ↑neritic zone 2. relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast… …   Useful english dictionary

• neritic zone — ▪ oceanography       shallow marine environment extending from mean low water down to 200 metre (660 foot) depths, generally corresponding to the continental shelf. Neritic waters are penetrated by varying amounts of sunlight, which permits… …   Universalium

• neritic — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, perhaps from New Latin Nerita, genus of marine snails Date: 1891 of, relating to, inhabiting, or constituting the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• neritic zone — The region of shallow water over the continental shelf that is subdivided into supratidal (wave splash area), intertidal (littoral), and subtidal regions …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• neritic — /neuh rit ik/ adj. of or pertaining to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom. Cf. oceanic, pelagic. [ < G neritisch (1890), appar. after Gk Nereís NEREID or Nereús NEREUS, though derivation is unclear;… …   Universalium

• neritic — ne•rit•ic [[t]nəˈrɪt ɪk[/t]] ecl oce adj. of or pertaining to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom. • Etymology: < G neritisch (1890), appar. after Gk Nērēís Nereid or Nēreús Nereus; see ic …   From formal English to slang

• marine ecosystem — Introduction       complex of living organisms in the ocean environment.       Marine waters cover two thirds of the surface of the Earth. In some places the ocean is deeper than Mount Everest is high; for example, the Mariana Trench and the… …   Universalium

• Littoral zone — Littoral redirects here. For other uses, see Littoral (disambiguation). Marine habitats Different disciplines and agencies divide the littoral zone into different subregions, according to how they want to view the zone. This diagram show …   Wikipedia

• Krill — Euphausiacea A northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia