Unit 11 The Marine Environment
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Unit 11The Marine Environment
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The diversity of marine lifeThe ocean is home to a wide variety of organismsMarine organisms range from microscopic bacteria and algae to the largest animal in the world (blue whale)Number of known marine species: 250,000Video on Bioluminescence
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Classification of living thingsOrganisms can be classified into one of three domains of life:
ArchaeaBacteriaEukarya
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Classification of living thingsOrganisms can also be classified into one of five kingdoms:
MoneraProtoctistaFungiPlantaeAnimalia
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Classification of living thingsTaxonomic classification includes the following increasingly specific groupings:
KingdomPhylum (Division for plants)ClassOrderFamilyGenusSpecies
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Taxonomic classification of selected organisms
Category Human Killer whale Giant kelpKingdom Animalia Animalia ProtoctistaPhylum Chordata Chordata Phaeophyta Subphylum Vertebrata VertebrataClass Mammalia Mammalia PhaeophycaeOrder Primates Cetacea LaminarialesFamily Hominidae Delphinidae LessoniaceaeGenus Homo Orcinus MacrocystisSpecies sapiens orca pyrifera
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Classification of marine organisms
Marine organisms can be classified into one of three groups based on habitat and mobility:
1. Plankton (floaters)Phytoplankton (drifting plants and algae)Zooplankton (drifting animals)
2. Nekton (swimmers)3. Benthos (bottom dwellers)
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Plankton: Examples
Phytoplankton Zooplankton
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Nekton: Examples
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Benthos: Examples
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Life cycle of a squidSquid experience benthic, planktonic, and nektonic stagesSquid are considered meroplankton (partially planktonic)Organisms that spend their entire lives as plankton are holoplankton)
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Distribution of species on EarthThe land has more species because it has greater environmental variability than the oceanMost ocean species are benthic because of greater environmental variability compared to pelagic environments
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Adaptations of organisms to the marine environment
The marine environment presents many challenges to organisms because seawater:
Is dense enough to support organismsHas high viscosityExperiences variations in temperature and salinityContains variable amounts of dissolved gasesHas high transparencyHas a dramatic change of pressure with depth
Marine organisms have various adaptations for the conditions of the marine environment
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Need for physical supportCondition:
Seawater is dense enough to support marine organisms
Adaptations:Many marine organisms lack rigid skeletons, appendages, or vast root systemsInstead, they rely on buoyancy and friction to maintain their position within the water column
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Seawater’s viscosity controlled by temperature
Condition:Seawater’s viscosity (resistance to flow) is strongly affected by temperatureCold water has higher viscosity than warm water, so is more difficult to swim throughWarm water has lower viscosity, so organisms tend to sink within the water column
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Seawater’s viscosity controlled by temperature
Adaptations:Many warm-water organisms have ornate appendages to stay afloatMany cold-water organisms are streamlined to swim more easily
Warm-water copepod
Cold-water copepod
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Seawater’s viscosity and adaptations of phytoplanktonCondition:
Phytoplankton must remain in sunlit surface waters
Adaptations:Small size increases surface area to volume ratioAppendages increase frictional resistanceTiny droplet of low density oil increases buoyancy
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Variations in temperatureCondition:
Coastal water temperatures vary more than the open ocean or at depth
Adaptations:Many coastal organisms can withstand a wide temperature range (are eurythermal)Most open ocean and deep-water organisms can withstand only a small temperature range (are stenothermal)
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Variations in salinityCondition:
Coastal environments experience greater salinity variation than the open ocean or at depth
Adaptations:Many shallow-water coastal organisms can withstand a wide salinity range (are euryhaline)Most open ocean and deep-water organisms can withstand only a small change in salinity (are stenohaline)
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OsmosisCondition:
Osmosis is the movement of water molecules through a semipermeable membrane from lower to higher concentrationsOsmosis removes water from hypotonic organismsOsmosis adds water to hypertonic organisms
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OsmosisAdaptations:
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Dissolved gases: OxygenCondition:
Marine animals need oxygen to survive
Adaptations:Many marine animals use gills to extract dissolved oxygen from seawaterMarine mammals must breathe air
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Abundance of dissolved oxygen and nutrients with depth
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Seawater’s high transparencyCondition:
Seawater has high transparency
Adaptations:TransparencyCamouflageCountershadingMigration (DSL)
Camouflage
Countershading
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The deep scattering layer (DSL)Organisms within the deep scattering layer undertake a daily migration to hide in deep, darker waters during daytime
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Increase of pressure with depthCondition:
Pressure increases rapidly with depthAdaptations:
Most marine organisms lack large compressible air pockets inside their bodiesWater-filled bodies exert the same amount of pressure as is pushing inward, so marine organisms do not feel the high pressure at depth
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Divisions of the marine environment
Main divisions:
Pelagic (open sea)Benthic (sea bottom)