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euphotic zone

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002311

Surface layer of a body of water where sufficient light penetrates to allow photosynthesis to occur, down to the depth at which the light intensity falls to 1% of incident light.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002311
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymslimnetic zone; photic zone
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoaquatic zones; phytoplankton
TranslationsSpanish: zona eufótica
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002311",
  "term": "euphotic zone",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Surface layer of a body of water where sufficient light penetrates to allow photosynthesis to occur, down to the depth at which the light intensity falls to 1% of incident light.",
  "synonyms": [
    "limnetic zone",
    "photic zone"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "aquatic zones",
    "phytoplankton"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "zona eufótica"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/euphotic-zone/"
}

Record 2,311 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.