test 2 Flashcards

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1
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Three groups of marine fish and there representative

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  1. Agnatha- jawless fish ( lampreys and hagfishes)
  2. Chondrichthyes
    - >holocephali (ratfish)
    - >Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays)
  3. Osteichyes- bony fish.
    - > Dipnoi (Lungfish)
    - > Crossoptergii
    - > Actinopterygii ( ray fineed fish)
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2
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  • jawless fish

- long body

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Agnatha

- hagfish and lamprey

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3
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protection with mucas clouds, can clean themselves by tying them in a knot
** only vert with no osmotic system

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Hagfish (slime eel)

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4
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Mobile eyes
freshwater reproduction site
* oral disk allows them to attach to host

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lamprey

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5
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cartilaginous fish with movable jaws and placoid scales, well developed teeth

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Chondrichthyes

  1. sharks
  2. rays
  3. ratfishes
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6
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fleshy tail, riple lateral fines and oviparity

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skates

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7
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spiny tail, flap lateral fins and viviparity

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rays

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8
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fused upper jaw, scaless

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ratfish

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9
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bony skeleton, ctenoid scales and swim bladder

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Osteichthyes

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10
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feet like features that resemble early amphibian

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coelacanths

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11
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appeared before the time of the dinosaurs,and can move rapidly

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Neoperygii

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12
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primarily catilaginous, jaw line smilar to sharks

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chondrodtei

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13
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ctene like sheets used by gars or sturgens

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gonoid

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14
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flat scales used by bony fish

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cycloid

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15
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comb/ mountain like scales used by perch

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ctenoid

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16
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spikes like sandpaper- sharks

17
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have anterior flipper used for swimming
posterior flipper can move forward
ear flap
long neck

18
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anterior flipper-not backwarf
posterior flipper can not moves- used for swimming
no ear flap
short neck

19
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karatin like tooth

used by toothless whales

20
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large jellyfish

21
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krill

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macroplankton

22
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zooplankton, larvae

23
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most phytoplankton

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microplankton

24
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cyanophytes, cilliates

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bacteria
picoplankton
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viruses
femtoplankton
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diatoms, dino, cyano
phytoplankton (microplankton)
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protozoans, crustaceans, non crustaceans, meroplankton
zooplanton (mesoplantion) COPEPODS ARE A MAJOR ZOOPLANKTON
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larval stages of some animals
meroplankton
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spend the entire life in water column as plankton
holplankton
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spend a part of the life cycle as plankton
meroplankton
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Types of estuaries
2. costal plain 2. tectonic 3 fojord 4. bar built
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basic principles of estuaries
1. positive 2. negative 3. salt wedge 4. well mixed 5. partially mixed
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what are the importance of coral reefs?
largest animal made ecosystem and have the second highest diversity on earth
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why are coral reefs so complex?
a. (1) Physical complexity- 3D structure provides habitats b. (2) Environmental setting-Tropical, stable, high light c. (3) Biological interactions -Intimate, mutually-beneficial associations among species (symbioses)
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list the reef builders
- calcareous algae - mollusks - tube worms - stony corals - sponges
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why is coral reef limited to shallow tropics?
1. temperature 2. light 3. air exposure 4. salinity 5. sedimentation 6. water motion
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four types of reefs
1. patch 2. fringing 3. barrier 4. atoll