marine biology

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Decks in this class (19)

Lecture 1 - Water Properties
What proportion of the earths sur...,
What is the average ocean depth,
What is the average ocean volume
47  cards
Lecture 2 - Waves, Tides and Currents
What causes the build up of waves,
What happens as wind interacts wi...,
What are the four different param...
40  cards
Lecture 3 - Primary Production
What percentage of total carbon c...,
What percentage of the earths car...,
How can we measure where phytopla...
56  cards
Lecture 4 - Secondary Production
Give the 8 groups of marine inver...,
What is secondary production,
Give the two components of second...
57  cards
Lecture 5 - Pelagic Ecosystems
What is the neritic sublittoral zone,
How deep does the neritic zone go,
What percentage of the ocean surf...
32  cards
Lecture 6 - Benthic Ecosystems
What is a continental shelf,
What is the average gradient for ...,
What is the average depth of cont...
48  cards
Lecture 7 - Tropical Ecosystems
When have corals been present since,
What corals are reefs dominated by,
How old is the great barrier reef
51  cards
Lecture 8 - Rocky Shores
Are rocky shores generally high o...,
In what way are rocky shores simi...,
What acts as food for detritivore...
50  cards
Lecture 9 - Estuaries and Sandy Shores
What is an estuary,
What are the three sectors of an ...,
Name and describe the three diffe...
47  cards
Lecture 10 - Polar Ecosystems
How north is the arctic circle,
Which is the enclosed ocean the a...,
Give the three pieces of land tha...
51  cards
Lecture 11 - The Deep Sea
What is the biggest ecosystem on ...,
What percentage of the deep sea i...,
When does deep sea begin
28  cards
Lecture 12 - Fisheries and Aquaculture
How many years have we been fishing,
Who described fisheries as an ine...,
Describe fishing using a purse seine
34  cards
Lecture 13 - Sensory Ecology
What happens to molecular complex...,
What are sensors,
Name an organism that uses an ele...
31  cards
Lecture 14 - Reproduction
What is iteroparity,
What is semelparity,
Describe semelparity in ragworms
39  cards
Lecture 15 - Locomotion
Give the equation for reynolds nu...,
What is viscosity,
What is the reynolds number ofa w...
30  cards
Lecture 16 - Megafauna
What is the average depth of wate...,
What percentage of the sea surfac...,
What percentage of the earths sur...
26  cards
Lecture 17 - Behavioural Ecology of Fish
What percentage of reef fish are ...,
What percentage of primary produc...,
Why are parrotfish important spec...
36  cards
Lecture 18 - Marine Viruses
Give and describe the two most ab...,
What is the cyanobacteria most of...,
What is the most dominant group o...
32  cards
Latin Names
Karenia brevis,
Palmaria palmata,
Patella vulgata
29  cards

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