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OCE 1001 Chapter 13 Pelagic Communities - Plankton Study Guide This study guide will assist you in concentrating on the areas that may be on your exam. It is NOT a replacement for knowing the information contained in your notes or in the chapters in your textbook. You should know… The definition of and difference between a community, population, habitat, and niche Pelagic vs benthic o Where the pelagic zone is in the ocean o Where the benthic zone is in the ocean o The difference between pelagic and benthic environments enough to be able to identify whether an organism is pelagic or benthic given an organism or a list of organisms The definition for plankton The general name given to algae plankton versus animal plankton Phytoplankton o What phytoplankton are o The relationship of phytoplankton to marine algae o Whether they are autotrophs or heterotrophs o Whether they are considered vascular or non- vascular o What size they mostly are o Their relative importance to the marine food web o Which part of the water column of the ocean they typically live in o How they contribute to the atmospheric oxygen levels o Picoplankton What picoplankton are 1
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OCE 1001Chapter 13
Pelagic Communities - PlanktonStudy Guide
This study guide will assist you in concentrating on the areas that may be on your exam. It is NOT a replacement for knowing the information contained in your notes or in the chapters in your textbook.
You should know…
The definition of and difference between a community, population, habitat, and niche
Pelagic vs benthico Where the pelagic zone is in the oceano Where the benthic zone is in the oceano The difference between pelagic and benthic environments enough to be
able to identify whether an organism is pelagic or benthic given an organism or a list of organisms
The definition for plankton The general name given to algae plankton versus animal plankton Phytoplankton
o What phytoplankton areo The relationship of phytoplankton to marine algae o Whether they are autotrophs or heterotrophso Whether they are considered vascular or non-vascular o What size they mostly areo Their relative importance to the marine food webo Which part of the water column of the ocean they typically live ino How they contribute to the atmospheric oxygen levelso Picoplankton
What picoplankton are How their size compares to the other groups of phytoplankton
o Diatoms What diatoms are What their rigid cell walls are composed of
o Dinoflagellates What dinoflagellates are What kind of tropical organism dinoflagellates live within the
tissue of What a HAB is and how dinoflagellates contribute to them What bioluminescence is and what these species have to do with
bioluminescenceo Coccolithophores
What coccolithophores are
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What they’re covered with that makes them important to ocean floor sediments
What color the water appears to be when large quantities of these are blooming
Zooplanktono What zooplankton areo Whether they are considered animals or plantso The name for zooplankton that live their whole life cycle as planktono The name for zooplankton that live as plankton only during their juvenile
stageo Copepods
What copepods are How their abundance and distribution compares to other
zooplanktono Krill
What krill are Where they are found Why they are considered the keystone to the Antarctic ecosystem
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