The pristine ecosystem is so far from any coastline that it appears almost untouched by pollution ... for the understanding of ocean life in the bathypelagic zone, which lies between 1,000 ...

The study site located in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea was visited nine times in 2005-2006 to collect water samples from the epipelagic (5 m), mesopelagic (200 m, 600 m), and bathypelagic (1000 ...