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The 21 pages that link to Abyssal plain, each with the reason it gives.

• Continental shelfRelated: It is one of the deep-sea regions beyond the shelf and continental margin.

• Deep-sea miningRelated: Nodule fields on abyssal plains support distinctive, slow-growing communities.

• Deep-sea ecologyRelated: These extensive plains host communities adapted to sparse, patchy food inputs.

• Continental slopeRelated: This deep seafloor lies beyond the slope and often the continental rise.

• Deep-sea benthosRelated: Abyssal plains make up extensive habitat for deep-sea bottom organisms.

• Continental riseRelated: The rise generally grades seaward into this flatter deep-ocean region.

• Antarctic toothfishRelated: Deep-sea records of toothfish show that its habitat can extend toward the ocean's deepest zones.

• OphidiiformesRelated: Abyssal surveys record ophidiiforms living and feeding on deep seafloor habitats.

• Deep-sea communityRelated: Its sparse, widespread fauna typifies life under low and intermittent food supply.

• Scotoplanes globosaRelated: Such sedimented plains are among the seafloor habitats occupied by sea pigs.