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