Bathypelagic zone
Videos
The bathypelagic zone or bathyal zone is the part of the open ocean that extends from a depth of 1,000 to 4,000 m below the ocean surface. It lies between the mesopelagic above and the abyssopelagic b
Champagne vent, a hydrothermal vent on the Northwest Eifuku seamount.
Particulate organic matter (marine snow) traveling through the water column.
A type of archaea, Crenarchaeaota are linked to dissolved inorganic carbon fixation.
ROV Jason
Abyssal zone
Videos
The abyssal zone or abyssopelagic zone is a layer of the pelagic zone of the ocean. The word abyss comes from the Greek word ἄβυσσος, meaning "bottomless". At depths of 4,000–6,000 m, this zone remain
A dense gathering of Rimicaris hybisae shrimp at the Beebe Hydrothermal Vent Field in the Mid-Cayman Rise. The shrimp are almost entirely blind, surviving at the interface of cold, deep seawater and supercritical hydrothermal fluid.