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reproduction
maintain homeostasis
respiration
capture, store, and transmit energy
change through time |
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| the study of the inter-relationships between the physical (abiotic) and biological (biotic) aspects of the environment, study of how organisms adapt to and alter their environment |
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| how many species live in the ocean |
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over 250,000 but census of ML recently another 6,000, likely more than 750,000 species yet to be discovered of the 1,000,000 thought to exist
examples: christmas tree worm, vampire squid |
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| classification used in zoology |
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linnaeus
kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species |
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| how do you name an organism |
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monera
protista
fungi
plantae
animals |
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| bacteria, including cyanobacteria and archea |
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| single or multi-celled organisms, algae or animals |
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| abundant in the intertidal zone are important in decomposition, overall very few in ocean |
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| plants, free floating/attached |
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no nucleus
no membrane-bound organelles
usually DNA in a single circular molecule |
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nucleus
membrane-bound organelles |
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| phylogenetic tree of life |
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look 16-s rRNA (makes protein): structure of base pairs
begin to construct how organisms look by genes and how they are related
found missing an entire domain of tree: archea
hadn’t been trained as a microbiologists, so he didn’t have this bias |
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| phylogenetic tree of life |
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bacteria
eukaryote
archea |
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3 billion yrs ago, first organism on earth
prokaryote
tiny |
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spirilla: spiral
bacilli: rod
cocci: circle |
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maybe predates bacteria (3.5 billion years ago)
most are anaerobes (incapable living in air)
thrive in extreme conditions: hot springs, freezing water (although they have been found everywhere)
square shaped cells
only microbes responsible for making methane |
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defining membrane-bound structure that differientiate eukaryotic cells prokaryotic cells is the nucleus
ex) animals, plants, fungi, and protists
developed 1.6-2.1 bya |
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| two major marine provinces |
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benthic: bottom sediment
pelagic: water column |
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bottom, sediment
littoral: intertidal
sublittoral: 0-200
bathyal: 200-2000m
abyssal: 2000-6000m
hadal: over 6000m |
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water column
epipelagic: surface-200m
mesopelagic: 200-1000m
bathypelagic: 1000-2000m
abyssalpelagic: 2000-6000m
hadalpelagic: less than 6000m |
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| light is sufficient for photosynthesis |
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