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  • Thumbnail for Thermocline
    Thermocline (redirect from Metalimnion)
    A thermocline (also known as the thermal layer or the metalimnion in lakes) is a distinct layer based on temperature within a large body of fluid (e.g...
    11 KB (1,457 words) - 16:00, 9 July 2024
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    Hypolimnion (redirect from Hypolimnion zone)
    costly because it requires significant amounts of energy. Epilimnion Metalimnion Dodds, Walter K. (Walter Kennedy), 1958- (2010). Freshwater ecology :...
    8 KB (829 words) - 18:03, 28 October 2024
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    limnetic zone is the open and well-lit area of a freestanding body of fresh water, such as a lake or pond. Not included in this area is the littoral zone, which...
    4 KB (505 words) - 11:20, 31 July 2024
  • zone is the deep zone of a lake, located below the range of effective light penetration. This is typically below the thermocline, the vertical zone in...
    6 KB (709 words) - 05:48, 29 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lake stratification
    layers: the epilimnion, comprising the top warm layer; the thermocline (or metalimnion), the middle layer, whose depth may change throughout the day; and the...
    25 KB (2,848 words) - 18:01, 22 August 2024
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    Epilimnion (redirect from Epilimnion zone)
    warmer and less dense. As a result, the epilimnion sits above the deeper metalimnion and hypolimnion, which are colder and denser. Additionally, the epilimnion...
    9 KB (1,097 words) - 09:59, 2 June 2024
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    layers, the epilimnion comprising the top warm layer, the thermocline (or metalimnion): the middle layer, which may change depth throughout the day, and the...
    25 KB (3,133 words) - 13:39, 2 October 2024
  • warm epilimnion separated from the cold hypolimnion by the metalimnion. Within the metalimnion there is a thermocline, usually defined as the region where...
    17 KB (2,026 words) - 05:42, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Meromictic lake
    Lake zones    Littoral zone    Limnetic zone    Profundal zone    Benthic zone Lake stratification    Epilimnion    Metalimnion    Hypolimnion    Destratification...
    27 KB (2,819 words) - 11:11, 19 September 2024
  • Lake zones    Littoral zone    Limnetic zone    Profundal zone    Benthic zone Lake stratification    Epilimnion    Metalimnion    Hypolimnion    Destratification...
    15 KB (1,882 words) - 10:19, 15 July 2024
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    Lake zones    Littoral zone    Limnetic zone    Profundal zone    Benthic zone Lake stratification    Epilimnion    Metalimnion    Hypolimnion    Destratification...
    3 KB (235 words) - 23:48, 16 August 2024
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    pelagic zone, the photic zone may be called the limnetic zone and the aphotic zone may be called the profundal zone. Inland from the littoral zone, one can...
    41 KB (5,307 words) - 08:38, 18 June 2024
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    water itself producing distant layers; the epilimnion, metalimnion, and hypolimnion. Each zone has varied traits that sustain or harm specific organisms...
    37 KB (4,635 words) - 18:47, 18 September 2024
  • Lake zones    Littoral zone    Limnetic zone    Profundal zone    Benthic zone Lake stratification    Epilimnion    Metalimnion    Hypolimnion    Destratification...
    2 KB (211 words) - 10:48, 31 July 2024
  • Lake zones    Littoral zone    Limnetic zone    Profundal zone    Benthic zone Lake stratification    Epilimnion    Metalimnion    Hypolimnion    Destratification...
    2 KB (239 words) - 23:43, 7 November 2023
  • Lake zones    Littoral zone    Limnetic zone    Profundal zone    Benthic zone Lake stratification    Epilimnion    Metalimnion    Hypolimnion    Destratification...
    4 KB (474 words) - 16:58, 3 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Lake
    overlying the hypolimnion is a transition zone known as the metalimnion. Finally, overlying the metalimnion is a surface layer of warmer water with a...
    81 KB (9,645 words) - 12:03, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lake Altaussee
    epilimnion has only a very small thickness of about two meters. The metalimnion lies at a depth of about five meters. The uniformly temperate hypolimnion...
    44 KB (3,957 words) - 02:05, 18 October 2024
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    Karakaya, Nusret (2017). "Delving deeper: Metabolic processes in the metalimnion of stratified lakes" (PDF). Limnology and Oceanography. 62 (3): 1288–1306...
    81 KB (10,035 words) - 09:16, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lake Whatcom
    top layer of water (epilimnion) is warmed by the sun and sits atop the metalimnion (also a thermocline). In this middle layer water temperatures take a...
    15 KB (1,737 words) - 19:15, 19 April 2024
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