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Total amount of solid material dissolved in water
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Principle source of water in the oceans.
Through volcanic eruptions, large quantities of water vapor and other gases have been emitted during geologic time. |
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( thermo= heat, cline = slope)
The layer of ocean water between 300 meters and 1,000 meters were there is a rapid change of temperature in depth. |
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( Iso = same, thermo = heat )
A themocline is not present high latitudes, instead the water column is.. |
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| Sea water density is influenced by : |
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| Mass per unit volume but can be though of as a measure of how heavy something is for size. It determines the water's vertical position in the ocean. |
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| (pynco= density, cline= slope) There is a rapid change of desnsity with depth. Has gravitational stability and presents significant barrier to mixing water above and below. |
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| Mixing of waters by waves as well as turbulance from currents and tides creates rapid heat transfers. Causing nearly uniformed temperatures. |
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| Layer that exists between the warm surface layer above and the deep zone of cold water below. |
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Below transition zone.
Sunlight never reaches and water temperatures are just a few degrees above freezing. |
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| Strong sunlight supports, by marine algae, which either directly or indirectly provide food for the vast majority of marine organisms. |
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| (Wandering / floaters) Include all organisms include all organisms- algae, animals, and bacteria that drift with ocean currents. |
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| animals, wandering, herbivores = grazers |
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| The mass of all living organisms- consist of plankton adrift in the oceans |
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| Swimmers, include all animals capable of moving independently of the ocean currents by swimming or other means of propulsion. |
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Bottom
Organisms living on or in the ocean bottom. |
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| Live on the surface of the sea floor, either attached to rocks or moving along the bottom |
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| Live on the surface of the sea floor, either attached to rocks or moving along the bottom |
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| Live on the surface of the sea floor, either attached to rocks or moving along the bottom |
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| Live on the surface of the sea floor, either attached to rocks or moving along the bottom |
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| Live on the surface of the sea floor, either attached to rocks or moving along the bottom |
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| Live on the surface of the sea floor, either attached to rocks or moving along the bottom |
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| Live on the surface of the sea floor, either attached to rocks or moving along the bottom |
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| Live buried in the sand or mud |
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| Upper part of the ocean into with sunlight penetrates |
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| The portion of the the photic zone near the surface where light is strong enough for photosynthesis to occur. |
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| Area where land and ocean meet and overlap |
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| Seaward from the low-tide line. It covers the gently sloping continental shelf out to the shelf break. |
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| Beyond the continental shelf |
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| Includes any sea bottom surface no matter how far of distance from shore, inhabited mostly by benthos organisms. |
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| Amount of of carbon fixed by organisms through the synthesis of organic matter using energy derived from solar radiation or chemical reactions. |
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| Each of the feeding stages |
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| Sequence of organisms through which energy is transfered, starting with and organism that is the primary producer, the herbivore, then canivores. |
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| Animals that feed through a food web rather then a food chain are more likely to survive because they have all alternative foods to eat, should one disappear. |
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