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Intro to Plankton_MB 4104 Lecture

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Intro to Plankton_MB 4104 Lecture

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  1. MBIO 4104 – Marine Plankton (Lecture) Module1: Introduction to Marine Plankton Janice C. Leriorato, Ph.D. Department of Biology School of Arts and Sciences University of San Carlos

  2. When you hear When you hear the word “plankton”.... the word “plankton”....

  3. tiny, microscopic organisms

  4. The word plankton comes from a Greek word, planktos, which means “wandering” or “drifting”

  5. LOCATION How they feed, where they live, and their genetic traits

  6. What about these organisms?

  7. What about these organisms? DEMERSAL ORGANISMS

  8. P P L L E E U U S S T T O O N N By-the-wind sailor (Vellela sp.) Portuguese-man-o-war (Physallia sp.)

  9. Blue ocean dragon (Glaucus sp.) NEUSTON NEUSTON Blue button (Porpita sp.) Water stiders and Microbial film Garbage?

  10. Pleuston

  11. HOW THESE TWO GROUPS GET THEIR ENERGY?

  12. making their own or thru consumption

  13. Phytoplankton Shapes Phytoplankton live near the surface of the ocean because they need sunlight to make food. http://www.activities4kids.com.au/images/swim-floating%20on%20back.jpg http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/92304462/Taxi

  14. Examples of Phytoplankton (Plant-like) Dinoflagellates Diatoms

  15. Plant-like Plankton = Phytoplankton Single cell or chain of cells http://www.umainetoday.umaine.edu/files/2009/05/chain-200x-darkfield.jpg Over a million phytoplankton in a teaspoon! Bloom off the West coast NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

  16. Animal-like Plankton = Zooplankton Jellyfish

  17. Zooplankton Zooplankton

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