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FWF315 Lake Terms
Term | Definition |
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Littoral Zone | Shoreline zone, includes all areas where light reaches the bottom of the lake |
Limnetic Zone | Offshore zone, all areas where light does not reach the bottom of the lake (open water, pelagic) |
Benthic Zone | All water that touch the lake bottom (include littoral + profundal zone) |
Photic Light Zone | Light zone - light penetration, primary production present |
Aphotic Light Zone | No light penetration, primary production absent, only respiration + decomposition occurs (profundal zone) |
Epilimnion | Warm surface water |
Thermocline | Straturn of rapidly changing temperature, metalimnion |
Hypolimnion | Cold bottom water |