Study Guide for Exam 3
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density
hydrostatic pressure
waves and currents = energy source for beach erosion and sediment transport
wave transformation as they shoal
wave refraction
longshore currents
wave set-up
parts of beach:
a. offshore
b. nearshore
c. breaker zone
d. surf zone
e. swash zone
f. backshore
9. swell profile
10. storm profile
11. sand budget
12. dunes
13. blowouts
14. barrier islands
15. salt marches
16. how barrier islands are built
17. storm surge
18. deltas
19. delta plain, delta front, prodelta
20. topset beds, foreset beds, bottomset beds
21. tide, river, and wave dominated deltas
22. estuary
23. lagoon
24. salt marsh – low and high
25. mangrove swamp
26. salt wedge
27. coral reef
28. coral polyp
29. Mutualistic relationship
30. ecology
31. intertidal zone
32. sublittoral zone
33. hadal zone
34. neritic zone
35. pelagic
36. benthic
37. photic, aphotic
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38. Monera and examples
39. Metazia and examples
40. Protista and examples
41. Chordates and examples
42. Mollusks and examples
43. Echinoderms and examples
44. Brachoipods and examples
45. arthropods and examples
46. photophore
47. Plankton
48. nekton
49. benthos
50. osmosis
51. diffusion
52. anoxic, hypoxic
53. hydrostatic pressure
54. photosynthesis
55. chlorophyll
56. nutrients for plants
57. respiration
58. pathogen
59. diatoms
60. plankton blooms
61. zooplankton
62. phytoplankton
63. foramifera
64. copepods
65. dinoflagellates
66. surface drag
67. form drag
68. turbulent drag and examples
69. benthic communities response to substrate
70. food chain
71. autotrophs and examples
72. heterotropshs and examples
73. herbivores and examples
74. carnivores and examples
75. decomposers and examples
76. trophic level
77. energy pyramid
78. grazers and examples
79. predators and examples
80. scavengers and examples
81. filter feeders and examples
82. deposit feeders and examples
83. vertical migration
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84. aerobic bacteria
85. anaerobic bacteria
86. biological oxygen demand - BOD
87. chemosynthetic bacteria
88. eutrophication
89. 2 food chains – grazer and detritus
90. % of energy transferred per trophic level
91. primary production
92. compensation depth
93. nutrients and example and importance
94. importance of upwelling
95. decomposition and importance
96. Law of the Sea
97. EEZ
98. petroleum
99. eutrophication
100. gas hydrate
101. manganese nodule
102. pelagic fish and ground fish
103. maximum sustainable yield
104. overfishing
105. mariculture
106. pollution
107. suore of hydrocarbon pollutants
108. bioaccumulation
109. biomagnification
110. PCB
111. DDT
112. El Niño
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