PPT-Plankton

This is not what real plankton looks like From the Greek word planktos meaning to drift They cannot swim against a current The Base of the Ocean Food Web Plankton can be in any of the kingdoms of life. From the EPA’s Office of Water web site at www.epa.gov/OW/resources. Sources of Total Solids Soil erosion - silt - clay - dissolved minerals Agricultural runoff - fertilizers- pesticides U Bringing Meaning to an. Outdoor Field Experience. Dana . Sjostrom. Dana.Sjostrom. @utexas.edu. University of Texas. Marine Science Institute. What is this?. Katy Program is a field trip aboard our Research Vessel, the Katy. The story of edible oysters. What are oysters?. Marine / estuarine animal . Shell (mollusc) . Bivalves (2 shells). Omnivore (eats both phytoplankton and zooplankton). Size: 8cm-36 cm (depending on the species). A . P. eterson Grabber is used for bottom sampling. It has a two hinged . semicylindrical. bucket that is held apart by a cocking device and is released when the grabber hits the floor of the ocean. Plankton . Plankton:. . the mass of mostly microscopic organisms that float or drift freely in the waters of aquatic (freshwater and marine) . environments. (Algae, phytoplankton, zooplankton, jellyfish).. The wanderers, . drifting on the surface . of the sea….. Main Types of Plankton. Phytoplankton or zooplankton. Diatoms. Dinoflagellates. Coccolithophores. Cyanobacteria. larvae. Microbial Plankton Ecology. . Arne . Sklett. Larsen. Plankton. Organismer som lever i de frie vannmasser og som driver med havstrømmene. Næringskjeder i havet. Dyre-plankton. Plante-plankton. Sollyset. Fisk: Torsk, Sei, Sild. Live in intertidal to shallow . subtidal. zone. Sessile (non-mobile). Filter feeders. Attach permanently to a hard substrate and encrust it. . Eat mostly plankton. Crabs. Decopods. (10 feet). Typically walk sideways. . Arne . Sklett. Larsen. Plankton. Organismer som lever i de frie vannmasser og som driver med havstrømmene. Næringskjeder i havet. Dyre-plankton. Plante-plankton. Sollyset. Fisk: Torsk, Sei, Sild. Spongebob. . Squarepants. Spongebob. . Squarepants. General Term: Sponge. Classification: Kingdom . Animalia. , Phylum . Porifera. Filter feeder – can eat both plants and animals. Invertebrate - Simplest animal form. Important to the ocean. Plankton make up 95% of the biomass of the ocean. Basis of aquatic food chain. 3 ways to classify plankton…. Energy Source. Phytoplankton. Plant like. Photosynthetic producer. LIMITED LICENSE TO MODIFY.. These PowerPoint® slides may be modified only by teachers currently teaching the . Science and Global Issues. SEPUP course to customize the unit to match their students’ learning levels or to insert additional teaching aides. Modified slides may be used only by the modifying teacher in his or her classroom, or shared with other teachers of . Ventura Pier, Harbor and Estuary. Objective. : . Sample water at each location to compare abiotic differences in the water to the plankton distribution.. Methods. : . Use a plankton net to concentrate organisms for comparison at each location. Analyze water samples at each location to find pH, dissolved oxygen, phosphate levels, nitrate levels, temperature and turbidity.. Planktonic organisms. The term . plankton. was first proposed by an Oceanographer, . Victor . Hensen. in 1887 . to designate that the heterogeneous assemblage of minute organism and finely divided, non-living materials which are known to occur in the waters and to float at the will of .