MARINE ECOLOGY HABITAT… ECOLOGY… POPULATION…. COMMUNITY.. Climate change in oceans video clip
BIOTIC FACTORS
ABIOTIC FACTORS Examples….
Measuring population growth Exponential Curve Logistics Growth Curve What gets used up as curve goes higher and higher? Birth rate = death rate Carrying capacity……growth limiting resources…light, nutrients, Carrying capacity ??
COMPETITION defined… is it good? INTERSPECIFIC Competitive Exclusion Resource Partitioning COMPETITION defined… is it good? INTRASPECIFIC
SPECIALIST vs. GENERALIST
PREDATION CARNIVORE HERBIVORE OMNIVORE
NATURAL SELECTION……….. FAVORS THOSE WHO ARE GOOD ……… AND ALSO THOSE WHO ARE GOOD AT ………….
DEFENSE MECHANISMS POISONS SHELLS TOXINS ??????…….
Inducible defenses Examples…..
LIVING TOGETHER
SYMBIOSIS examples
FACULTATIVE symbiosis vs. OBLIGATIVE symbiosis
FLOW OF ENERGY AUTOTROPHS HETEROTRPHS Food Chains Food Webs
TROPHIC LEVELS
Trophic pyramids
WHY PYRAMIDS???
DECOMPOSERS EXAMPLES Defined
NUTRIENT CYCLES Energy vs. Minerals importance CARBON………………….. NITROGEN………………. PHOSPHORUS…………..
ECOLOGICAL ZONES Based on where and how organisms live PLANKTON NEKTON BENTHIC P E L A G I C
PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT Epipelagic…200m Mesopelagic..1000m Bathypelagic..4000m Abyssalpelagic..deep Hadopelagic..deeper
INTERTIDAL ZONE LITTORAL ZONE SUBTIDAL ZONE SUBLITTORAL ZONE
Climate change in oceans Austin’s video clip