Lesson 6 - Plankton

Question 1

Holoplankton

Answer 1

Spend all life in water column

Question 2

Meroplankton

Answer 2

Spend a portion of life in water column

Question 3

Rank the sizes of plankton small to large (7)

Answer 3

Femtoplankton, Picoplankton, Nanoplankton, Microplankton, Mesoplanton, Macroplankton, Megaplanktom

Question 4

Rule of 2 in relation to plankton size

Answer 4

0.02, 0.2 e.tc. Anything larger than 200 is mesoplankton then larger than 1000 is macro

Question 5

What is the compensation depth?

Answer 5

Depth at which photosynthesis rate = Respiratory rate of a single phytoplankton cell

Question 6

Critical depth?

Answer 6

Depth at which respiration rate equals rate of photosynthesis

Question 7

What is the SCM?

Answer 7

Depth with which there is maximum concentration of chlorophyll production?

Question 8

Why are protist zooplankton so important?

Answer 8

Because they provide a link between picoplankton and the larger inverterbrae zooplankton