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Pelagic Zone. that part of a lake, sea, or ocean that is the habitat of pelagic organismsâplankton, necton, and pleuston.The pelagic zone is opposed to the benthic zone, that is, the bottom of the body of water, which is inhabited by benthos.In oceans and seas, the pelagic zone is divided horizontally into two regions: the neritic (water above the shelf) and the oceanic (all the remaining water).elagic Zone. that part of a lake, sea, or ocean that is the habitat of pelagic organismsâplankton, necton, and pleuston.
Depending on the depth, the water column, rather like the Earth's atmosphere, can be divided into different layers. The pelagic zone occupies 1,330 million km 3 (320 million mi 3) with a mean depth of 3.68 km (2.29 mi) and maximum depth of 11 km (6.8 mi). Fish that live in the pelagic zone are called pelagic fish. Pelagic life decreases with increasing depth. It is affected by light intensity, pressure, temperature, salinity, the supply of dissolved oxygen and nutrients, and the submarine topography, which is called bathymetry.