Talk:Pelagic zone

message: The lower sections (ie. hadopelagic) state that very few organisms live there. In most areas, that may be true, but that certainly is not true for organisms near hydrothermal vents, which do not depend on above layers for food (they get it from the vent stream). Not much is known about them, but they certainly have lots of life nearby them (from cuurent data) and they are an exciting field of reaserch currently. I will add the info about the vents to the article, because it is relevant. Polonium 12:39, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Hydrothermal vents]] 

message: The term benthopelagic redirects here, however the article doesn't even mention it. It would be nice to at least explain how the two terms relate. 71.217.98.158 20:11, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I can tell, the term benthopelagic seems to refer to fish and other ocean life, rather than to a zone in the water column itself. The definitions I can find on the web seem to refer to organisms which regularly transit between the seafloor and the open water, whether to feed, spawn, etc. I agree - either the definition should be included here, or (I think more properly) the redirect should point to a different page. PaladinWhite 23:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See benthopelagic. --Geronimo20 (talk) 04:37, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  So what IS "Benthopelagic"? 

message: "The pelagic zone is the part of the open sea or ocean that is not near the [...] sea floor" seems to conflict with the lower-zone definitions, eg. "Abyssopelagic (from 4000 m down to above the ocean floor)". Which is more correct? PaladinWhite 23:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I can tell, "pelagic" refers to "open ocean." The original Greek probably meant "ocean out of sight of land;" in the modern world, it probably is best used to mean "ocean beyond the edges of the continental shelves." I'd remove the words "sea floor" from the opening paragraph (and I have decided to be bold, and done it); it's the floors of the continental shelves that count, not the entire sea floor. --DrGaellon (talk | contribs) 23:35, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Conflicting statements

message: I am pretty new to contributing here so maybe I don't understand.
Please explain why a reference to pelagic within Star Trek not cruft while a reference from Finding Nemo is?
I am also not sure if this is where I should ask this question or if I should be doing it on the page of the person who reverted my contribution.
Rblinlv 17:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Note: this question has been answered +A.0u 04:13, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cruft v. cruft 

message: it so rocks  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.100.72.121 (talk) 23:43, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  pelagic  

message: I wish this article on pelagic zones included more information about oxygen and nutrient levels in different zones.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.135.47.72 (talk) 22:19, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oxygen and nutrient levels.  

message: There are links to the pelagic page that refer to pelagic fish and birds. It would probably be a good idea to have at least one sentence saying what a pelagic bird or fish is. 
Pnelnik (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 13:59, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, thanks. A good idea. I've added a section on each of these. --Geronimo20 (talk) 09:11, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. Pnelnik (talk) 22:33, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pelagic fish and birds 

message: The photo caption says, "The pelagic sooty tern spends years flying at sea without returning to land." Although I don't know anything about sooty terns, I suspect that this unreferenced statement is not accurate. It would be quite something for a bird to spend years flying. Franklinjefferson (talk) 05:20, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, seems a bit over the top. I've qualified the caption and added a reference. The photo was taken from seabird, so I've modified that as well. You know, you could have done this yourself. That is really what being an editor is about. --Geronimo20 (talk) 07:02, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sooty tern -- photo caption 

message: What is this "midnight" nonsense? Is hadalpelagic super ultra midnight? This serves no purpose and should be deleted.132.239.112.44 (talk) 20:01, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Nonsense? Did you make the slightest effort to check the matter before sounding off like this? No you didn't. You could start here or look at these references in books --Epipelagic (talk) 10:14, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have any sources that discuss the "lower midnight zone" as being the same thing as the abyssopelagic? To be fair, this article needs work.  TheDoormouse (talk) 04:42, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, it could be expressed more clearly. The "midnight zone" refers to everything below the mesopelagic, and in the article the descriptor "lower" was added to qualify the part below the bathypelagic. "Midnight zone" is a formal term defined in many textbooks, but "lower midnight zone" is not a formal term. I suppose informally the bathypelagic, abyssopelagic and hadopelagic could be described respectively as the upper-, middle- and lower-midnight zones, but these are not formal terms defined in textbooks (though some do use the term "lower midnight"). Perhaps the term "lower midnight" could just be omitted. How would you suggest rewording the article? --Epipelagic (talk) 09:23, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added this to my short list of articles I'd like to work on, so I'll think about it.  If we are going to include those terms, it might help to clarify what they mean, because currently they are just in parenthesis without explanation. I'm pretty new here, do other articles ever have sections like "Other terminologies" or something similar? Or maybe just a sentence or two in each section like "The mesopelagic is commonly referred to as the twilight zone because..." and remove the parenthesis. TheDoormouse (talk) 04:35, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, you could have a section called "Other terminologies" if you think that is the way to go. --Epipelagic (talk) 06:33, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Double secret midnight

message: Today the image referred to in the first paragraph is missing. The photo displays correctly in editor view, but I'm not skilled enough to fix it. CaedMcG (talk) 22:00, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Media not displaying correctly here