Midterm Flashcards
What percentage of invertebrate phyla are entirely marine?
50%, the rest are primarily marine
What 7 things must be regulated in the ocean?
Concentration of energy rich molecules, concentration of O2 and CO2, concentration of waste products, pH, concentration of water salt and other electrolytes, volume and pressure, and temperature and behavior
Terrestrial vs marine body wall
T- must be thick and sturdy to prevent dessication
M- can be thin
Terrestrial vs marine gas exchange
T- internal respiratory structures
M- can have naked external gills
Terrestrial vs marine excretion
T- concentrate excreta
M- diffuse excreta
Terrestrial vs marine nutrition
T- Gotta go find it!
M- Float around and soak it up
Terrestrial vs marine fertilization
T- Copulation
M- broadcast spawning
Terrestrial vs marine eggs
T- heavily provisioned, impermeable shells, get nutrition from yolk
M- Lightly provisioned, permeable shells, get nutrition from plankton
Terrestrial vs marine larvae
T- Crawl away
M- planktonic veliger
Terrestrial vs marine sunlight
T- mostly photic zone
M- large aphotic zone
Terrestrial vs marine bioluminescence
T- rare
M- common
Terrestrial vs marine respiration
T- breathe air
M- find or move oxygenated water
Terrestrial vs marine synthesis
T- regular photosynthesis
M- photo- and chemosynthesis
Terrestrial vs marine skeleton
T- required
M- optional
Terrestrial vs marine feeding strategies
T- stalk and kill
M- hide and wait
Terrestrial vs marine movement
T- low drag
M- high drag
Terrestrial vs marine thermal variability
T- high
M- low
Terrestrial vs marine climate change stress
T- temperature affected
M- temperature and pH affected
Terrestrial vs marine chemical and pollutant stress
T- low unless aquatic or diet exposure
M- high
Terrestrial vs marine dispersal
T- mobile adults
M- mobile larvae
What is dissolved in water?
DOM- dissolved organic matter; amino acids, salts, and carbonate
Temp range for vital life processes
0-40 C
How do metabolic processes increase with temperature?
Metabolic processes increase by a factor of two for each 10 degree rise in temp
Equation for ocean acidification
CO2 + H2O H2CO3 H+ + HCO3 H+ CO3 2-
What 7 things happen as pH decreases?
Lower carbonate availability, lower rates of calcification, higher shell dissolution, lower metabolism, lower locomotion, higher predation, and altered trophic interactions
What 5 characteristics can be used to sort on the tree of life?
Number of cells, tissues present/absent, body symmetry, developmental plan, and evolutionary relationships
Metazoa
Multicellular, generally diploid, develop from a blastula
Cephalization
concentrating of nervous and sensory tissues at one end
Asymmetrical phyla
Porifora (but also some gastropods)
Radially symmetrical phyla
Radiata group: Cnidaria and Ctenophora
Bilaterally symmetrical group
Bilateria group: everyone from ctenophora on
No germ layers
porifora
Two germ layers
Diploblastic- radiata group