Carolyn Porco

Even if the ocean on Enceladus starts out being as microbially poor as the pelagic ocean on Earth, which is the worst case, we still have a chance of seeing lots of organisms in the plumes.

American Scientist

Used to describe organisms living far from land, typically where the ocean is very deep.

Marine Habitat

Emphasizes areas beyond the shallower waters near the coasts, distinguishing from 'neritic' marine life.

Not Coastal

Indicates creatures or objects not associated with the sea bottom, which is referred to as 'benthic'.

Not Ground-Dwelling

 had a little parasitic copepod a little red dash of color on the dorsal fin a little pelagic hitchhiker that was going along for the ride now I've been very fortunate to work with some wonderful scientists and researchers throughout my career that's really what I do I parachute into their world and tell their stories here we see a photograph

Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...

 This is the oceanic whitetip shark, an animal that is considered the fourth most dangerous species, if you pay attention to such lists. But it's an animal that's about 98 percent in decline throughout most of its range. Because this is a pelagic animal and it lives out in the deeper water,

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 This spotted eagle ray is a fairly common sight in the oceans. But why this is so important, why this picture is up, is because this particular animal brought his friends around, and instead of being the pelagic animals that they were, they started getting curious about us,

Fabien Cousteau: What I...

 this is commercial demersal fishing and then we can add on commercial pelagic fishing and then on global commercial shipping and we can continue to layer these on some of these maps have been produced before but never had a single methodology been developed that helped

Measuring the ocean’s...

 marine parks protect key sea lion habitat dr. Paige says one important discovery is that the sea lions always feed on the sea floor and they don't eat open ocean fish known as pelagic this is critical information because the marine parks are being set up to protect

Octopus vs. Sea Lion PIPE...

 We have some of the steepest drop offs in the whole world right here. This is where you're going to see your tuna, your mahi-mahi, your ono, your marlin. This location could hold a vital clue to solving the mystery. Called the pelagic zone, this open water

Could Sport Fishing...

 in the deep we have a responsibility to learn all we can about these amazing animals and to protect them from the greatest danger to life in the deep the human species Robeson's focus is on the oceans deep pelagic zone which extend down from

Vampire Squid Turns...

 deep we have a responsibility to learn all we can about these amazing animals and to protect them from the greatest danger to life in the deep the human species Robeson's focus is on the oceans deep pelagic zone which extend down from

Meet the Vampire Squid PIPE...

 feed on the sea floor and they don't eat open ocean fish known as pelagic this is critical information because the marine parks are being set up to protect seafloor habitats that the scientists can now confirm will

Never Before Seen!...

 pelagic forms of the sea cucumber are very different to their bottom-dwelling relatives notice how they flex their frills to move through the water cat shark over a hundred species of cat

Pelagic

Marine Habitat

Not Coastal

Not Ground-Dwelling

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