Ocean Environments

Used in the Cutting Edge oceanography module. Feel free to tag this vocab for oceanography resources. Also, this term can be used in any new collection that wants to add another "dimension" of faceted searching. If you do that, please change this definition so we know where else this vocab is being used.

• Coastal and Estuarine 39:1 end

• Shallow Sea Floor/Continental Shelf 39:2 end

• Deep Sea Floor/Abyssal 39:3 end
  • Mid-ocean Ridge 39:3 39:6 end
  • Trench 39:3 39:7 end
  • Fracture Zone 39:3 39:8 end
  • Seamount 39:3 39:9 end
  • Abyssal Plain 39:3 39:10 end
  • Hydrothermal Systems 39:3 39:11 end

• Surface Waters 39:4 end

• Deep Waters 39:5 end

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