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What layer of the ocean experiences a rapid change in density of seawater?

pycnocline


How is the pycnocline related to the thermocline and halocline?

A pycnocline is a type of ecocline (or "cline" for short), just as thermocline and halocline are. An ecocline is where a series of biocommunities display a continuous gradient. A pycnocline is the difference in water density. A thermocline is the difference in water temperature. A halocline is the difference in water salinity


Where do the thermocline and an associated pycnocline form?

Transition zone


A pycnocline is a boundary between changing regions of which of the following properties?

A pycnocline is a boundary between changing regions of water density in the ocean or other bodies of water.


Why is the development of internal waves likely within the pycnocline?

The pycnocline is the ocean layer with the greatest density gradient. Internal waves are often caused by currents, which are caused by differing densities. Also, any disturbance to the pycnocline (such as ships, storms, tides, etc.) can generate internal waves.


Why is Honduras the least developed country?

Honduras is not the least developed country. Honduras is the 3rd least developed country in North America and the 121st least developed country in the world.


Why does a pycnocline located above the compensation depth promote a phytoplankton bloom?

A pycnocline helps trap nutrients in the upper layer by preventing mixing with deeper, nutrient-poor waters. When the pycnocline is situated above the compensation depth, phytoplankton can access abundant nutrients while still receiving enough light for photosynthesis, promoting their growth and leading to a bloom.


A pycnocline caused by salinity differences is called?

A halocline is a pycnocline caused by salinity differences in water. It is a distinct layer where there is a rapid change in salinity with depth, leading to a change in water density within a body of water.


What is the least sense developed at birth?

According to doctors and scientists, vision is the least developed sense at birth, with an average vision of 20/300.


What area of Slovakia is least economically developed?

The east of the country is the least economically developed region of Slovakia.


Which country is the least developed?

haiti


What is the least populated and the least developed part of Australia?

Northern Territory.