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What are some ways in which life in an aphotic zone might differ in a photic zone?
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photic and aphotic derive their names fron the root word photo means light that is photic and aphotic zone differ each other in amount of light reaching there
photic zone is directly lit up by by solar energy while aphotic zone is perpetually dark inhabiting least amount of floran fauna
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