Marine Biology - Lectures 7 - 9

What are identifying characteristics of coccolithophores?

What are common habitats of coccolithophores?

Be prepared to identify a coccolithophore based on a photo.

What are identifying characteristics of silicoflagellates?

What are common habitats of silicoflagellates?

Be prepared to identify a silicoflagellate based on a photo.

What are identifying characteristics of cryptophytes?

What are common habitats of cryptophytes?

Be prepared to identify a cryptophyte based on a photo.

What are identifying characteristics of dinoflagellates?

What are common habitats of dinoflagellates?

Be prepared to identify a dinoflagellate based on a photo.

What are zooxanthellae?

What is red tide?

What are identifying characteristics of diatoms?

What are common habitats of diatoms?

Be prepared to identify a diatom based on a photo.

Why are diatoms ecologically important?

What are identifying characteristics of ciliate protozoa?

What are common habitats of ciliate protozoa?

Be prepared to identify a ciliate protozoa based on a photo.

What are identifying characteristics of foraminifera?

What are common habitats of foraminifera?

Be prepared to identify a foraminiferan based on a photo.

What are identifying characteristics of radiolaria?

What are common habitats of radiolarian?

Be prepared to identify a radiolarian based on a photo.

How are forams and radiolarians used in geology and paleoclimate studies?

In what forms are marine fungi commonly found?

In what marine habitats are marine fungi commonly found?

How to aquatic photosynthetic organisms adapt to low light conditions in water?

Which light wavelengths disappear first in surface water?

What accessory pigments are common in aquatic algae?

What is the name of the morphological structure of seaweed that are gas-filled bladders that buoy up the plant towards sunlight?

Which three types of marine algae have macroscopic forms?

What is a common name for brown algae?

What is the largest macroalgae?

What is the scientific term for aquatic plants?

How are seagrasses ecologically important?

In what habitats are seagrasses found?

Why do wetlands have few, endemic species?

What are identifying characteristics of a salt marsh?

Be prepared to identify a salt marsh based on a photo.

What are identifying characteristics of a mangrove?

Be prepared to identify a mangrove based on a photo.

How are coastal wetlands like marshes and mangroves ecologically important?

What are conservation threats to coastal marshes like mangroves and marshes? What implications does the loss of these habitats have on people?