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Apologia Marine Bio Module 13
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Biology
11th Grade
04/06/2012

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cyanobacteria
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Picoplankton that fix their own nitrogen
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buoyancy
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Swim bladders and storing oil in the body create...
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Upwelling
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The process that carries colder, nutrient-rich water upward to a more shallow depth
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drag
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Physical features create...
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DOM
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organic material dissolved into water
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Neuston
Definition
planktonic organisms living at the sea surface
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Vertical migration
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daily movement of small marine animals between the photic zone and lower depths
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near the coast
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where primary production is highest
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myoglobin
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Large amount of ___ in swimmers helps for short bursts of speed, more oxygen, darker color, more heat
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Meroplankton
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species of zooplankton that spend only part of their lives as members of the plankton community
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Microbial loop
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the flow of energy in the epipelagic beginning with the phytoplankton, dissolved organic matter, and the smallest zooplankton, making energy available to the major food web
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Warm latitudes
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where there is a low primary production
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Countershading
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coloring where a fish is dark on top and light on the bottom
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ENSO is always devasting- F
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ENSO is always devasting
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Areas that experience regular seasonal storms may have lighter seasons during ENSO- T
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Areas that experience regular seasonal storms may have lighter seasons during ENSO
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Holloplankton spend entire lives in planktonic form- T
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Holloplankton spend entire lives in planktonic form
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Baleen whales, whale sharks, and basking sharks- large planktivorous nektonic organism- T
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Baleen whales, whale sharks, and basking sharks- large planktivorous nektonic organism
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Larvaceans live in cloud of mucus, captures food- T
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Larvaceans live in cloud of mucus, captures food
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Oceanic- lies over cont. Shelf- F
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Oceanic- lies over cont. Shelf
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Copepods- most abundant members of epipelagic zooplankton- T
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Copepods- most abundant members of epipelagic zooplankton
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No marine organisms small enough to feed on DOM- F
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No marine organisms small enough to feed on DOM
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Photosynthesis solely dependent on sunlight- F
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Photosynthesis solely dependent on sunlight
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Epipelagic foodweb so complicated, not fully understood- T
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Epipelagic foodweb so complicated, not fully understood
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