OCE 2001- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 41 pages long!)
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10% of energy goes to the next organism. Nektobenthos swim or crawl through the water just above the sea floor. Muscles not affected by carbon dioxide seal and sea lions the differences. Sea snakes(50 species, all poisonous, laterally compressed) Schooling commensalism less dominate organism benefits without harming host mutualism both equally benefit. Foraminifera useful indicators of environmental change, both on local and global scales. Radiolarians copepods very abundant tiny crustaceans nekton organisms that can swim freely even against the current. Cartilage instead of bone allows them to be lighter and more flexible. Counter shading can not swim in reverse excellent sense of smell. 6 -20 rows of teeth( lose 50,000 in a lifetime) Overgrowth of phytoplankton that produce dangerous bio toxins which can harm the environment, people, plants or animals. Plankton organisms that live in the water column, but that either cannot swim or cannot swim faster than currents.
