marine plants and algae review q's- marine science

increased nutrients

What typically causes plankton blooms along coast line? 

it would decrease

If a large pod of orca whales moved into an area and began to hunt the local sea otter population, what would you expect to happen to the density of the kelp forest?

d. decomposition of dying organisms

Which of the following is not part of the niche (job or role) of phytoplankton in the open ocean? 

a. oxygen production

b. carbon transport to the seafloor

c. food source

 d.decomposition of dying organisms

remove carbon from the atmosphere or the water column and transport it to the seafloor when they die

Blue carbon habitats are important specifically because of their ability to

epiphytes

Mangroves provide an important habitat for fish, crustaceans, sponges, bivalves, etc. All of the organisms that live attached to the roots are referred to as:

dinoflagellates that create toxins called brevetoxins

Red tides along the Gulf Coast are caused by