Chapter 1 | Introduction to Marine Ecology Flashcards
Acts as an enormous solar-powered engine
Ocean
Main source of food
Marine organisms
The ecology of the earth is the _____ of the seas
Ecology
It covers the largest portion of the Earth’s surface
Sea
The study of the ocean and their phenomena, such as waves, currents, and tides
Oceanography
The study of the living organisms that inhabit the seas and their interactions with each other and their environment
Marine Biology
One of the first to develop a scheme of classification
Aristotle
A Greek philosopher that develop a classification called “ladder of life”
Aristotle
A french naturalist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
he is an anatomist
Georges Cuvier
When did the HMS beagle set sailed on a 5-year voyage exploration?
In December 1831
In 19th century, an English naturalist that proposed the idea that living organisms could not survive in the cold and darkness of the ocean depths
Edward Forbes
A ship or a research vessel containing state-of-the-art equipment and research facilities
HMS Challenger
lasted for 3 ½ years and was named after the research vessel HMS Challenger
Challenger Expedition
Father of the theory of evolution by natural selection
Charles Darwin
He is the early marine biologist
Charles Darwin
Gave birth to the modern sciences of marine biology and oceanography
The Challenger Expedition
The date when the Challenger returned to England
May 1876
In 1887, he began the first of several expeditions he would
direct to investigate the organisms of the sea.
Alexander Agassiz
He noted that the most brightly colored animals were
found in surface waters and that, as one proceeded deeper, brilliant colors gave way to blues and
greens and ultimately reds and blacks. He theorized that the colors were related to the absorption
of different wavelengths of light at different depths, a theory later proved correct.
Alexander Agassiz
Founder of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University
Louis Agassiz
Father of Alexander Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
He founded the first marine biology in the United States in July 1873
Louis Agassiz
A Norwegian and an Englishman that led the expedition in the Arctic and Antarctic seas.
Fridtjof Nansen and Sir Alistair Hardy
He was interested in reaching the magnetic North pole as well as charting the waters around the Pole.
Fridtjof Nansen
He was interested in
the biology of whales for the purpose of commercial exploitation, and it was this interest that took his expeditions to the Antarctic Sea.
Sir Alistair Hardy
It is the deep-sea submersible
Alvin
