Usage examples (6)

• The near-surface open water surrounded by the littoral zone is the limnetic zone.
• Little light penetrates all the way through the limnetic zone into the profundal zone.
• The limnetic zone is well-lighted (like the littoral zone) and is dominated by plankton, both phytoplankton and zooplankton.
• However, in a few localities, an inverse process has been observed, such as in Caño Mánamo (Delta Amacuro), where mangroves have expanded at a rate of 6 - 7 ha/year since 1965,...