Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Ocean decomposers

Decomposers are living organisms that act as cleaner as they decompose the remains of plants and animals.They are mainly bacteria and fungi.

Since ocean occupies 70% of the Earth's surface, it has numerous number of ocean decomposers. According to depth and availability of sunlight and temperature, the ocean is divided into different zones and therefore, different types of decomposers are found in the ocean.

Some of the names of ocean decomposers are brittle stars, seagulls, sea slugs, sea worms and hagfish.

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