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Life in the Ocean

Life in the Ocean. Matter Energy. Biogeochemical Cycles. Carbon Nitrogen Phosphorus Silicon. Iron and Other Trace Metals Limiting Factors Evolution and Life in the Ocean Classification of Oceanic Life. Physical Factors Affecting Marine Life. Light Temperature Metabolic rate

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Life in the Ocean

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  1. Life in the Ocean

  2. Matter • Energy

  3. Biogeochemical Cycles • Carbon • Nitrogen • Phosphorus • Silicon

  4. Iron and Other Trace Metals • Limiting Factors • Evolution and Life in the Ocean • Classification of Oceanic Life

  5. Physical Factors Affecting Marine Life • Light • Temperature • Metabolic rate • Ectothermic • endothermic • Salinity • Dissolved Nutrients • Dissolved Gases • Hydrostatic Pressure • Interplay of Factors

  6. Biological Factors • Passive transport • Diffusion, Osmosis • Active transport • Surface to Volume Ratio • Gravity and Buoyancy • Viscosity and Movement • Drag • turbulence • Water Movement

  7. Gravity and Buoyancy

  8. Classification of the Marine Environment • Classification by Light • Photic Zone • Euphotic • Disphotic • Aphotic Zone

  9. Classification by Location • Pelagic zone • Neritic • Oceanic • Epipelagic • Mesopelagic • Bathypelagic • Abyssopelagic • Benthic • Subneritic • Littoral • sublittoral • Suboceanic • Bathal • Abyssal • Hadal

  10. Classification by Behavior • Plankton • Nekton

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