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• Oceanic habitats are also structured by the availability of light.
  • Light only penetrates the first few meters of water (photic zone), lower depths become increasingly dark (twilight zone to the aphotic zone) and less productive
  • Many organisms are specialized to live at certain depths
• Coral reefs are special communities that typically occupy shallow waters in tropical regions

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