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Addison, Carson, Colby, Emma, and Peyton

PLANKTON & PLANTLIFE. Addison, Carson, Colby, Emma, and Peyton. ZOOPLANKTON and PHYTOPLANKTON. Plankton- all organism that drift in water Zooplankton-microscopic invertebrate animals that swim or drift in water

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Addison, Carson, Colby, Emma, and Peyton

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  1. PLANKTON & PLANTLIFE Addison, Carson, Colby, Emma, and Peyton

  2. ZOOPLANKTON and PHYTOPLANKTON • Plankton- all organism that drift in water • Zooplankton-microscopic invertebrate animals that swim or drift in water • Phytoplankton- microscopic floating organisms called phytoplankton that live at or near the sunlit surface; only type that photosynthesizes

  3. BENEFITS • Zooplankton eats phytoplankton • Zooplankton or phytoplankton become food for marine life such as fish, whales, etc • Phytoplankton are at the beginning of the food chain. As phytoplankton grow and multiply, small fish and other animals eat them as food. The ocean fishing industry often finds good fishing spots by looking at ocean color images to locate areas rich in phytoplankton.

  4. WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED • Zooplankton: freshwater reserves, ponds, and streams in Carolina bays and wet lands that dry in the summer and fill in the fall(also in the upper, lighter part of the water in the ocean) • Phytoplankton: found throughout most bodies of water on Earth. Located in the deeper zone of the ocean

  5. FACTS Zooplankton • Filter feeders • Reproduce rapidly, increasing 30% a day • Can survive in wet and dry conditions • Swims or drifts in water • Microscopic invertebrate • Phytoplankton • grows in oceans all around the world • They are microscopic organisms that use the pigment chlorophyll to convert sunlight into food • They play in essential in the global carbon cycle because the carbon in phytoplankton is slowly covered by other materials when they sink to the ocean floor so it transfers to these animals

  6. CORAL REEFS • Coral reefs are located only in the nutrients- rich, sunlit waters near shoreof oceans • Old corals may only get to 98 feet length, but newer corals can grow to 100 or more miles long • They are homes to a wide variety of plant and plankton life. They contain over 25% of all species of ocean life • The food the algae produces, provides the reefs with most of the nutrients • The nooks and crannies that different coral reefs provide, are perfect hiding spots for small fish in need of camouflage form bigger predators • Coral reefs are slowly becoming endangered because of harmful pollutants being put into the water • Coral reefs are built up of limestone formed by large colonies • Corals provided many valuable services to humans. Food, shoreline, protection, and medicines

  7. Kelp Forests • Kelp Forests are a large community of underwater kelp, a type of sea weed that can attach to the ocean floor • They are located in cold nutrient-filled ocean water, for food. • They can grow as tall as 130 feet tall • They provide habitat for a variety of invertebrates, fish, marine mammals, and birds • They’re only found near the shore because they use the sun for food • Kelp needs sunlight and hard surfaces in order to grow • When the top of the forests reach the surface they keep growing to form a floating mat • Like a forest on land a kelp forest is full of marine life

  8. PICTURES Phytoplankton Zooplankton

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