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Lecture 1 - Introduction
How much of the total water is in...,
How much of the total water is fr...,
Why do we know so little about th...
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Lecture 2- Evolution of ocean basins
What are continents placed on,
How did liquid water form on earth,
What is the origin of salt pic1
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Lecture 3- Ocean basin circulation
What types of currents are there ...,
What is the direction of winds in...,
Which currents do we have to reme...
29
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Lecture 4- ENSO and upwelling
Why is there a band of high produ...,
Pic2how does the wind affect the ...,
Pic3what is the sargasso sea and ...
33
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Lecture 5-Rocky Coast Geomorphology I
What is coastal geomorphology,
What are some examples of physica...,
Can change in coastal processes a...
18
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Lecture 6- Coral Reefs
What is a coral reef,
What are coral reefs made of,
In what latitudes can coral reefs...
34
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Lecture 7- Intertidal zone I
What is the definition of the int...,
What are some examples of interti...,
Pic1what is typical of the intert...
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Lecture 8-Intertidal zone II
Pic1what was the experiment used ...,
What is the general distribution ...,
What is the generalisation that c...
18
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Lecture 9- Ocean primary productivity
What is the function of photosynt...,
How much of primary productivity ...,
What is meant by primary producti...
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Lecture 10- Ocean primary productivity II
How are haptophytes important for...,
How are the calcium carbonate sca...,
What are the types of appendages ...
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Lecture 11-Ocean primary productivity III
What are the 3 major nutrients fo...,
What is the limiting resource for...,
Why are vitamins a limiting resou...
39
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Lecture 12- Carbon cycles and elevated CO2
How many gigatons of carbon are t...,
How many gigatons of carbon are t...,
How many gigatons of carbon are r...
40
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Lecture 13- Marine food webs
What is the big difference in pri...,
How does a food chain work,
What is the difference if trophic...
52
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Lecture 14- Harvesting of the sea
How much fish do fisheries catch ...,
What is the increase in catch dri...,
Are all oceans now fished
26
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Lecture 16-Coastal Oceanography I
What is the definition of the coa...,
What are the differences between ...,
Does the distance from shore of b...
56
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Lecture 17-Coastal Oceanography II
Pic1what is a groin,
Pic2what is a seawall,
Pic3what is beach nourishment imp...
30
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Lecture 18-Biogeography of Coasts
What is biogeography,
What are the three historic phase...,
What is the definition of a bioge...
27
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Lecture 19- Community change: Range shifts
What are the two types of expansi...,
Were the mediterranean and the re...,
When was the suez canal opened
43
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Lecture 20- Community change: Introduced marine species
What is the definition of an intr...,
What is the definition of a crypt...,
What is the definition of an inva...
31
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Lecture 21- Estuarine geomorphology and processes I
What is estuarine geomorphology,
What are estuarine processes,
Why is geomorphology important fo...
40
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Lecture 22- Estuarine geomorphology and processes II
What is what is the classificatio...,
What are estuaries sediment sinks...,
What is a sediments sink
32
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Lecture 23- Life in estuaries
What is an estuary,
What is a delta,
What are the key physical factors...
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Lecture 24- Estuarine habitats
What types of habitat are there i...,
How is he fauna of soft sediments...,
What are the ways of moving withi...
32
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Lecture 25- Human impacts on estuaries
How many australians live near th...,
How many australians live in majo...,
Why do so many people live around...
29
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Lecture 26- Functional design of organisms I
What is movement of water importa...,
How is water movement important f...,
What is advection
29
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Lecture 27- Functional design of organisms II
What is drag,
How do you calculate drag,
Pic1what does drag do
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Lecture 28- Reproduction at sea
What are the three modes of repro...,
What is viviparous reproduction,
What is ovovivparous reproduction
28
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Lecture 29- Marine conservation
What happened to cod in canada,
Pic1has the number of fishing boa...,
Pic2what is the global state of f...
24
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Lecture 30- Overview
Pic1what is the life cycle of the...,
What are the factor having an imp...,
What could some other factors res...
8
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Lecture 1 - Water Properties
What proportion of the earths sur...,
What is the average ocean depth,
What is the average ocean volume
47
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Lecture 2 - Waves, Tides and Currents
What causes the build up of waves,
What happens as wind interacts wi...,
What are the four different param...
40
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Lecture 3 - Primary Production
What percentage of total carbon c...,
What percentage of the earths car...,
How can we measure where phytopla...
56
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Lecture 4 - Secondary Production
Give the 8 groups of marine inver...,
What is secondary production,
Give the two components of second...
57
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Lecture 5 - Pelagic Ecosystems
What is the neritic sublittoral zone,
How deep does the neritic zone go,
What percentage of the ocean surf...
32
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Lecture 6 - Benthic Ecosystems
What is a continental shelf,
What is the average gradient for ...,
What is the average depth of cont...
48
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Lecture 7 - Tropical Ecosystems
When have corals been present since,
What corals are reefs dominated by,
How old is the great barrier reef
51
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Lecture 8 - Rocky Shores
Are rocky shores generally high o...,
In what way are rocky shores simi...,
What acts as food for detritivore...
50
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Lecture 9 - Estuaries and Sandy Shores
What is an estuary,
What are the three sectors of an ...,
Name and describe the three diffe...
47
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Lecture 10 - Polar Ecosystems
How north is the arctic circle,
Which is the enclosed ocean the a...,
Give the three pieces of land tha...
51
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Lecture 11 - The Deep Sea
What is the biggest ecosystem on ...,
What percentage of the deep sea i...,
When does deep sea begin
28
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Lecture 12 - Fisheries and Aquaculture
How many years have we been fishing,
Who described fisheries as an ine...,
Describe fishing using a purse seine
34
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Lecture 13 - Sensory Ecology
What happens to molecular complex...,
What are sensors,
Name an organism that uses an ele...
31
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Lecture 14 - Reproduction
What is iteroparity,
What is semelparity,
Describe semelparity in ragworms
39
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Lecture 15 - Locomotion
Give the equation for reynolds nu...,
What is viscosity,
What is the reynolds number ofa w...
30
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Lecture 16 - Megafauna
What is the average depth of wate...,
What percentage of the sea surfac...,
What percentage of the earths sur...
26
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Lecture 17 - Behavioural Ecology of Fish
What percentage of reef fish are ...,
What percentage of primary produc...,
Why are parrotfish important spec...
36
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Lecture 18 - Marine Viruses
Give and describe the two most ab...,
What is the cyanobacteria most of...,
What is the most dominant group o...
32
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Latin Names
Karenia brevis,
Palmaria palmata,
Patella vulgata
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