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Formation and types of estuaries
What are the main characteristics...,
What are the main characteristics...,
What are the main characteristics...
11  cards
The estuarine ecosystem
What are the main features of an ...,
How are estuaries dynamic,
What is progradation and transgre...
9  cards
Estuaries - Benthos and the importance of salinity
What estuarine input fuels the es...,
What organisms feed on detritus,
How do deposit feeders feed on de...
25  cards
Marine processes
What are the four main ocean basins,
Describe the features of an ocean...,
Why is the sea salty
17  cards
Marine provinces
What are the two major marine pro...,
What is the pelagic environment b...,
What is the pelagic environment m...
5  cards
Marine ecosystems
What are the 3 major groups of ma...,
What are marine plant and animal ...,
Describe characteristics of the g...
9  cards
Neritric zone
How would you describe the waters...,
What are the dominant phytoplankt...,
Give an example of a regular succ...
8  cards
Oceanic zone
How would you describe the oceani...
1  cards
Epipelagic zone
Why are surface waters of open oc...,
What are the autotrophs found in ...,
What are the major phytoplankton ...
7  cards
Mesopelagic zone
Describe the mesopelagic zone,
What are some of the organisms fo...,
What organism provides a link bet...
5  cards
Bathypelagic zone
Describe the bathypelagic zone,
Describe bathypelagic abyssal fish,
Give some examples of bathypelagi...
5  cards
Abyssalpelagic zone
Describe the abyssalpelagic zone
1  cards
Benthopelagic zone
Describe the benthopelagic zone
1  cards
Deep sea
Describe the formation of a hydro...,
How do hydrothermal vents recircu...,
Describe the dense communities of...
5  cards
Bioluminescence
Describe the role of bioluminesce...,
What are the functions of biolumi...,
What is the overall role of sunli...
3  cards
Meet the plankton
What are marine plankton give an ...,
How much oxygen does phytoplankto...,
Why are photosynthetic organisms ...
18  cards
Zooplankton
What are meroplankton and what ar...,
What are some of the adaptations ...,
What are some of the adaptations ...
15  cards
Phytoplankton and sampling
What is the most abundant species...,
Which shapes can diatoms form,
Describe the anatomy of a diatom
26  cards
Plankton seasonality, distribution and climate
What are the affects of climate c...,
What are some of the threats to c...,
What are the problems caused by o...
6  cards
Fishing industry
What are the four main drivers of...,
Describe the technological advanc...,
What are some of the passive meth...
27  cards
Benthic ecosystems
What are the three main types of ...,
What dictates what organisms can ...,
In terms if structure how is a be...
22  cards
Sampling marine ecosystems
How much of the earths surface is...,
What is the average depth of the ...,
What is the neritic province
13  cards
Mangroves: their importance and vulnerability
What is a mangrove,
Why are mangroves considered a ha...,
How do mangroves stay stable in t...
16  cards
Great Barrier Reef - ecosystem-based conservation
How big is the great barrier reef...,
When was the great barrier reef m...,
Why is gbrmp considered a conserv...
9  cards

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