1. What do these have in common?

2. They are plankton (organisms that drift)

3. Means of plankton collection

4. phytoplankton
Autotrophic by photosynthesis
Must stay in photic zone

5. coccolithophore
Calcium carbonate
shells

6. Cyanobacteria (a.k.a. blue green algae)
Creates 50-90% of world’s oxygen
1st photosynthetic organism
Blooms can create hypoxia

7. Diatoms
Silica shells

8. dinoflagellates
Use flagella to swim toward light
Can bioluminesce

9. So can “firefly squid”

10. Dinoflagellates are also responsible for “red tide”

11. Zooplankton (heterotrophic animals and protists)
Can be holoplankton (whole life as plankton) or meroplankton (larval forms of nekton)

12. Jellyfish and siphonophores

13. Zooflagellates and cilliates

14. foraminifera
Calcium shells make ooze, which makes chalk and limestone

15. radiolarians
Silica shells also contribute to ooze

16. crustaceans
(ex. Krill and copepods)

17. Nekton Larvae Echinoderms (spiny skin, radial symmetry)
Mollusks (muscle foot, mantle)
Arthropods(crustaceans, jointed foots, exoskeleton)
Annelids (worms)
Chordates (have backbones)

18. echinoderms
Larval starfish

19. mollusks
Larval octopus

20. crustaceans
Larval barnacle

21. vertebrates

22. DESIGN YOUR OWN PLANKTON
common name
What used to maintain buoyancy
Latin name
Energy source
Phyto- or zooplankton
Nutrient source
Holo- or meroplankton
Means of locomotion
Location on Earth
Other unique characteristics
Specific habitat
Size
Solitary or colonial

23. Krous PPT

25. Diatoms

28. Appendages to slow sinking
Planktoniella sol has a marginal ring to increase surface area

29. Coccolithophores

31. Dinoflagellates

37. Life Cylce of Pfiesteria piscicida

38. What’s wrong with this picture? Someone was sleeping in oceanography!

42. Radiolarians

44. Foraminifera

46. Foraminifera sand from Okinawa, Japan

47. Copepods

49. You need to be at least 17 to view this R-rated slide

50. Which is more resistant to sinking
Which is more resistant to sinking? One is a warm water copepod and the other is a cold water copepod. Cold salty water is more viscous (resistant to flow) than warm

51. Echinoderms
plankton tow
echinoderm larvae
lobster plankton

52. Match the meroplankton with their…

53. …adult stage

56. Plankton?
Yes!
spongebob
jellies