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In Conservation
Far below sunlit surface waters, the ocean twilight zone teems with life.
The biomass of fish there alone may be more than in the rest of the ocean combined.
By eating and being eaten, mesopelagic organisms help support the ocean’s food web and transport huge amounts of carbon from surface waters into the deep ocean, helping to keep heat-trapping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
Top predators such as whales, tuna, swordfish, and sharks rely on the twilight zone for food, diving down hundreds or even thousands of feet to catch their prey. (Eric Taylor, WHOI Creative)
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