VOCABULARY LIFE ZONES OF THE OCEAN. PLANKTON THE LARGEST GROUP OF ANIMALS OR PLANTS (THEY FLOAT ON OR NEAR THE SURFACE) THE LARGEST GROUP OF ANIMALS.
Biological Productivity. Conditions for Life in the Sea Consider the main biochemical reaction for life in the sea, and on earth in general: 6H 2 O +
Divisions of the Marine Environment
Oceanography I - Kashmeera N.A.
Ch14
Zooplankton . Planktos: “drifts” in greek Their distribution depends on currents and gyres Certain zooplankton can swim.
Phytoplankton 1.Pelagic environment is the largest marine ecosystem. More food, oxygen and biota (life) are here than anywhere else. 2.The dominant organism.
Conservation and Ecology of Marine Reptiles MARE 490 Dr. Turner Summer 2011.
Introduction to Oceanography Marine Ecology -Adaptations and diversity-
MARINE BIOMES MODIFIED BY: MS. SHANNON. BIOMES A biome is a major, geographically extensive ecosystem, structurally characterized by its dominant life.
From Landscapes to Oceans Ocean margins and the global (and North American) carbon cycle Burke Hales Wei-Jun Cai, Greg Mitchell, Chris Sabine, Oscar Schofield,
Chapter 13: Oceans By: Sallie Back & Whitney Traynham.
