Answer:
Three factors are used.
The availability of sunlight.
The distance from shore and
The water depth.
Explanation:
Availability of Sunlight
The photic zone is the upper part of the ocean into which sunlight penetrates.
Distance from Shore
The intertidal zone is the strip of land where the land and ocean meet and overlap, or the zone between high and low tides.
The neritic zone is the marine-life zone that extends from the low-tide line out to the shelf break.
The oceanic zone is the marine-life zone beyond the continental shelf.
Water Depth
The pelagic zone is open zone of any depth. Animals in this zone swim or float freely.
The benthic zone is the marine-life zone that includes any sea-bottom surface regardless of its distance from shore.
The abyssal zone is a subdivision of the benthic zone characterized by extremely high pressures, low temperatures, low oxygen, few nutrients, and no sunlight
