Unit 6—Marine Ecology Guided Notes
Marine Ecology
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Explain how the study of ecology relates to oceanography.
Describe patterns and relationships between biotic and abiotic factors among marine ecosystems
Explain the relationship between productivity, the flow of energy, and the structure of marine food webs.
Understand the premise of biomagnification.
Gain an understanding of symbiotic relationships in marine ecosystems.
-What is Ecology?
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Ecology:
Abiotic:
Biotic:
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Marine Ecosystem
Abiotic Factors
Biotic Factors
Beach
Deep Ocean
Estuary
Coral Reef
-What does it mean to be alive?
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-How is energy obtained?
-Trophic Levels
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Producer:
Consumer:
Autotroph:
Heterotroph:
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Carnivore:
Scavenger:
Decomposer:
Omnivore:
-Food Chain and Food Web
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Food Chain:
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Food Web:
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Create a Food Chain
Create a Food Web
Write your Definition of Food Chain:
Write your Definition of Food Web:
-Phytoplanktion Productivity
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What is phytoplankton?
Where are areas of high productivity?
Where are areas of low productivity?
-What is Biomagnification?
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Biomagnification:
Result of too much biomagnification?
Toxins:
-What are symbiotic relationships?
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Symbiotic Relationship:
o Mutualism:
o Commensalism:
o Parasitism:
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Biomagnification:
Bioaccumulation:
-Why is biomagnificaiton and bioaccumulation harmful to a food web? Explain.
Symbiotic Relationships: Identify the relationship and explain it
Tapeworm in a human
Crocodile and bird
Barnacle on a whale
Clown fish and sea anemone
Zones of the Ocean:
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Explain the general characteristics of the littoral zone.
What are the pelagic and benthic zones?
What are the divisions of the pelagic and benthic zones?
Identify organisms that live in each zone.
-What is the Photic and Aphotic Zone?
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Photic Zone:
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Aphotic Zone:
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-What are the 2 types of pelagic zones?
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-What are the different zones of the Ocean Pelagic?
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Epipelagic Zone
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Mesopelagic Zone
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Bathypelagic Zone
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Abyssopelagic Zone
-What are the Benthic Zones?
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-Littoral Zone (Rocky Shore)
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What is the Intertidal Zone?
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What are the 4 sections of the Intertidal Zone?
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Why would any animals line in the harsh, intertidal environment?
Marine Ecosystems:
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Identify different types of marine ecosystems/communities.
Identify the organisms that live in each ecosystem/community.
Ecosystems:
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Sandy Beach:
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Kelp Forest & Seaweed:
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Estuary:
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Salt Marsh:
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Seagrasses:
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Mangrove Swamp:
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Coral Reefs:
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Deep Sea:
 Abyssal Zone:
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Whale Falls:
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Hydrothermal Vents & Cold Seeps:
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Hadal Depths (Ocean Trenches):
Polar Ecosystems:
o The Arctic:
o The Antarctic:
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Ecosystem
Brief Summary of Ecosystem
One Key word to
Describe Ecosystem
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