marine properties and patterns

Question 1

what factors control marine ecosystem dynamics

Answer 1

teampature, salinity, light, nutrient levels physical stress

Question 2

what percentage of the earth is covered in water

Answer 2

71%

Question 3

marine ecostyems are impacted by ocean currents

Answer 3

which are driven by differences in water density
and it redistributes energy around the planet

Question 4

what is upwelling

Answer 4

thus occurs due to currents
controls the distribution of nutrients and thus life in the ocean s

Question 5

main marien biological players

Answer 5

phytoplankton

Question 6

what is zooplankton

Answer 6

most abundant secondary producers on the planet

Question 7

what are tides infleucnial

Answer 7

most important factor influencing life in the intertidal

Question 8

what are pelagic ecosystems

Answer 8

make up over 99.5% of the liveable surfaces on the planet
populated mainly by nekton

Question 9

what is betnthos

Answer 9

marine sediment that covers the majority of the ocean floor

Question 10

what is the deep sea

Answer 10

this is the larges habitable area on earth

Question 11

coral reefs distribution governed

Answer 11

high temperatures, optimal light availability low pollution and narrow PH range

Question 12

how does coral reef diversity occur

Answer 12

stems from competition and regular disturbance
disturbance can reach the point where corals cease to recover and effectively reefs die

Question 13

what does phytoplankton form the base of

Answer 13

all nearly Marine food webs