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| Corals growing around young islands. |
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| Corals move upward and outward as island subsides, forming a lagoon. Great Barrier Reef, largest. |
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| Island subsides and coral remains. |
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| Cool temperatures, low availability of nutrients. |
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| Warm temperatures, high availability of nutrients. |
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| Between oligotrophic and eutrophic. |
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| Water from surface to stream floor. |
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| Fast moving water in a stream. |
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| Where stream rises during flooding. |
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| Height of stream without flooding. |
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| Coarse Particulate Organic Matter (leaves) |
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| Fine Particulate Organic Matter (shredded CPOM) |
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| Largest freshwater wetland (Brazil, Peru, Argentina). |
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| Largest wetland in the United States. |
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| Freshwater Emergent Wetland |
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| Phosphorous limited. Palustrine and lacustrine. |
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| Balance between evolution and extinction. |
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| Silurian, Carboniferous, Triassic, Jurassic, Tertiary. |
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| Earth's tilt and orbit effects climate. |
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| 25 major hotspots, ~1.5% Earth's surface/50%. |
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| Population becomes fragmented and isolated, splits into two or more species. |
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| Region with important ecosystem services. |
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| Ground Color and Temperature |
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| Black sand absorbs heat, white sand reflects. |
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| Maintenance of relatively constant physiological conditions. |
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| Warm-blooded/endotherm/homeotherm (mammals and birds). Heat comes from metabolism, maintain internal body temperature (60% effective, 40% body heat). |
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| Cold-blooded/ectotherm/poikilotherm (reptiles, amphibians, fish). Body temperature parallels environmental temp. Metabolism is slow, lose little heat, low insulation (not much heat made). |
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| Low metabolic rate, uses little energy. |
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| Short Term Behavorial Responses |
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| Conformers - maintain activity level within temp. range. Regulator - maintain constant body temp. |
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| Short Term Physiological Responses |
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| Regulator - evapotranspiration/heat retention/acclimation. |
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| Long Term Behavorial Responses |
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| Migration, long-term sleep, short-term sleep, dormancy, delayed development. |
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| Long Term Structural Responses |
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| Extremely Long Term Responses |
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| Irreversible (influence on genes), skin coloration. |
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| Decisions that organisms make that impact reproductive fitness. (Decisions or natural selection effect this). |
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| Number of offspring that survive to reproductive age. |
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| Decisions - Direct Influence on Reproductive Success |
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| Traditional examples - Age of reproduction, number of offsprings produced at once (r-selected, k-selected). |
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| Many small offspring, no parenting. |
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| Few large offspring, much parenting. |
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| Decisions - Indirect Influences on Reproductive Success |
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| Inclusive examples - Foraging decisions, mate choice decisions. |
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