redox discontinuity layer

biology

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benthos organisms

  • ocean zonation
    In marine ecosystem: Benthos

    …oxygen-poor layers is called the redox discontinuity layer and appears as a gray layer above the black anaerobic layers. Organisms have evolved various ways of coping with the lack of oxygen. Some anaerobes release hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, and other toxic reduced ions through metabolic processes. The thiobiota, made up primarily…

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