Term
| Differences between land and ocean environments (4) |
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Definition
1. Light penetration is minimal – most of the ocean is dark
2. Nutrients sink away as a ‘rain” of detritus
3. Vertical gradients in light, temperature, pressure, nutrients, almost everything
4. Need to fight gravity is much less |
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Term
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Definition
1. Megaplankton 20-200 cm
2. Macroplankton 2-20 cm
3. Mesoplankton .2-20 mm
4. Microplankton 20-200 pico
5. Nanoplankton 2-20
6. Picoplankton .2-2 |
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Term
| Types of phytoplankton (2) |
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Definition
1. Trichodsemium
2. Coccolithophores |
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Term
| Species hunted to extinction (3) |
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Definition
1. Steller’s sea cow
2. Atlantic gray whale
3. Caribbean monk seal |
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Term
| What did overharvesting of oysters and sea turtles do? |
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Definition
1. Collapse of fishery in Chesapeake Bay, eutrophication, and hypoxia
2. Overgrowth of sea grass, causing disease |
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Term
| How has the cod fishery been destroyed? |
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Definition
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Term
| Types of industrial fishing (4) |
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Definition
1. Factory Fishing
2. Driftnets
3. Longline
5. Trawling |
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Term
| Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) |
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Definition
| Established along the coastlines of developed countries |
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Term
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Definition
| Areas where fishing is prohibited |
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