Stahl 1
Marine Biology Unit 1 Notes
What is Marine Biology?
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Why do YOU think it’s important?
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____% of the Earth is made up of ocean.
_____million tons of food are harvested annually from the world’s oceans.
What is ocean productivity?
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Importance of the Oceans:
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Are all organisms cute and cuddly? ________!
They can cause harm:
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Stahl 2
Marine Biology Unit 1 Notes
Oceanography->
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4 Branches:
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Geological Oceanography_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Chemical Oceanography_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Physical Oceanography_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Biological Oceanography_____________________________________________________________________________________
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History of Marine Science
Why would Early Civilization want to interact with the oceans?
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Early Man->
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Stahl 3
Marine Biology Unit 1 Notes
Greeks and Romans:
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Aristotle:
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The Phoenicians:
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Polynesians
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Eratosthenes:
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Pytheas:
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James Cook:
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Charles Darwin:
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Edward Forbes:
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Stahl 4
Marine Biology Unit 1 Notes
HMS Challenger: The ship left England in 1872, and returned in 1876, sampling the waters and marine
life of parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. They took an enormous number of samples, from sea
water to bottom mud, from microscopic plankton to fish and birds
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Sir Charles Wyville Thomson:
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Victor Hensen:
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Alexander Agassiz:
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Louis Agassiz:
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Carl Chun:
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Jacque Cousteau:
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Robert Ballard:
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Marine Biology Labs:
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Marine Biology Unit 1 Notes
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Marine Biology Today:
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The amount of inhabitants that occupy the oceans is rapidly increasing every day.
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Much is due to the great advances in technology.
Trieste:
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Johnson Sealink:
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AUV:
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Alvin:
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ROV:
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Satellites:
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Glomar Challenge:
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SONAR:
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Stahl 6
Marine Biology Unit 1 Notes
Side Scan Sonar:
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Other Tools of the Trade:
Gravity Corer:
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Nansen Bottle:
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Hydrometer:
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Secchi Disk:
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Drift Bottles:
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Current Meter:
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Refractometer:
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Hydrophone:__________________________________________________________________________
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SCUBA:
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Stahl 7
Marine Biology Unit 1 Notes
Echo Sounding:
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GPS:
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Dip Net: ______________________________________________________________________________
Sediment Sieve:
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Plankton Net:
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Dredge:
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Trawl Net:
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Crab Pots:
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Argo Buoys:
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Sample of Onboard Operations- Summarize in your own words as we discuss them:
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Marine Mammal Observations and Biopsies:
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Marine Biology Unit 1 Notes
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Marine Bird
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Oceanography Studies:
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Dipnetting :
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Gut Content Removal:
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Mid-water Fish Survey:
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