PPT-Benthic Organisms

Lichens Live above high tide line Mutualism two organisms living together Fungal component thick outer surface to protect from environment absorbs 3 to 35 times its weight in water for storage to be used later. benthic. limnetic. MALES. FEMALES. What’s different between the species?. Limnetic Fish. Benthic Fish. Size. Smaller. Larger. Shape. Slim-bodied. Deep-bodied. Male breeding. color. Blue & Red. © . The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display.. Chapter 13. Lecture. Slides. Chapter 13. Life on the Continental Shelf. Life on the Continental Shelf. The continental shelf is the submerged edge of a continental plate. . Buzzards Bay, MA. Climate Change Benchmarking. Howard Sanders 1955 Stations. Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. All CAF Benthic Stations in Buzzards Bay. A-H Identified. I-M in lab. N-R . 2014. 0 to 2 % gravel in 1955. : A Look at Logjams and Emergent Wood Effects on Insect Emergence. in . a Small Northern Minnesota Stream . Zachary . Snobl. . with Faculty Mentors: Todd Wellnitz and Eric . M. erten. Introduction. Wood . Aleksej Šaškov. 1. *, . Thomas Dahlgren. 2. , Marie-Lise Schläppy . 2. ,. 3. , Yuri . Rzhanov. 4. 1. Coastal Research and Planning Institute, . Klaipėda. University. ;. Lithuania. ;. 2. UNI Research, Norway. Jeff . Wesner and Jerry Warmbold. Department of Biology. University of South Dakota. Allen’s paradox, 1951 – not enough benthic secondary production to support trout. (summarized in . Huryn. 1996 . Nicole Flynn. Senior Thesis: The Pennsylvania State University. Advisor: Timothy . Bralower. Introduction: Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). Massive . input . of isotopically depleted carbon. M. 2 (4-3). Life . in the Oceans . 1. What two major factors do marine organisms depend on for their survival?. a. . essential nutrients in ocean water and sunlight. 2. .. Describe the chemistry of the ocean. Questions from reading. Describe . the environment in which you would find organisms from Group 1. .. Describe the environment in which you would find organisms from Group 4.. 2. What organism is considered to be the canary of clean water and why?. Benthic . Macroinvertebrates. Benthic. – bottom-dwelling. Macro. – can be seen with the unaided eye. Invertebrates. – without a backbone or spinal column. Examples: clams, snails, worms, crustaceans, insects. Categories of Benthic Animals. >1 mm . macrobenthos. <.1 mm . microbenthos. Between .1 and 1 mm . meiobenthos. Major Taxonomic Groups of Benthos. Porifera. Coelenterata. Hydrozoa. Platyhelminthes. components. Primary producers. Invertebrates. Vertebrates. 1. . Abiotic. Components. Important starting point for species and abundances. Environments that are structurally simple or extreme tend to support fewer species. J. Cho. Department of Integrated Environmental Science. Bethune-Cookman University. Daytona Beach, FL. Elements of Remote Sensing. data acquisition and analysis. sun. Camera system. Electromagnetic (EM) Radiation. Steffen Aagaard Sørensen. 1. , . Thomas . Haugland Johansen. 2. , . Juho. . Junttila. 1. .. 1. Department . of Geoscience, . UiT. The Arctic University of Norway, . Tromsø. 2. Department . of Mathematics and Statistics, .