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How is the Marine Biome Organised

How is the Marine Biome Organised. Essential Questions. What is the marine biome? What are the marine life zones? What are the characteristics of marine life zones?. What is the marine biome?. Beneath the Surface The Endless Voyage Series.

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How is the Marine Biome Organised

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  1. How is the Marine Biome Organised

  2. Essential Questions • What is the marine biome? • What are the marine life zones? • What are the characteristics of marine life zones?

  3. What is the marine biome?

  4. Beneath the SurfaceThe Endless Voyage Series • http://learning.aliant.net/Player/ALC_Player.asp?ProgID=INT_ENDVOY03 • Answer the Self-test questions after the video • 27mins

  5. The Marine Biome • it is one of the largest biomes on earth • includes three quarters of the earth’s water that contains thousands of different animals and plants • includes • Oceans • oceans are very large bodies of water that dominate the Earth's surface • Coral reefs • warm shallow waters • can be found as barriers along continents, fringing islands, and atolls • Estuaries • where freshwater streams or rivers merge with the ocean

  6. Oceans • 5 Major Oceans • Indian Ocean • washes upon southern Asia and separates Africa and Australia • Atlantic Ocean • separates the Americas from Eurasia and Africa • Arctic Ocean • covers much of the Arctic and washes upon northern North America and Eurasia • Southern or Antarctic Ocean • has no landmass separating it from other oceans • encircles Antarctica and covers much of the Antarctic • Pacific Ocean • separates Asia and Australia from the Americas

  7. Coral Reefs • they are the only animals that can build structures visible from space • are made of algae and tissues of animal polyps • corals obtain nutrients to survive through photosynthesis process carried out by algae and extending their tentacles to capture plankton in water • other marine animals and plants of the coral reef include microorganisms, invertebrates, fishes, sea urchins, star fishes, octopuses, etc

  8. Estuaries • partially enclosed body of water that are formed in areas where freshwater from rivers and streams flows into the ocean and get mixed with the salty waters • also known around the world as bays, lagoons, harbors, inlets and sounds • plants and animals of the estuaries include algae, seaweeds, marsh grasses and mangroves • estuaries support a vast and diverse flora and fauna

  9. What are the marine life zones?

  10. Marine Life Zones

  11. The Layers • Epipelagic • Mesopelagic • Bathypelagic • Abyssopelagic • Hadopelagic • Demersal Zone* • Benthic Zone * photic zone or euphotic zone aphotic zone

  12. Photic/Euphotic Zone • is the depth of the water that is exposed to sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis to occur • it extends from the atmosphere-water interface downwards to a depth where light intensity falls to 1 percent of that at the surface • about 90% of all marine life lives in this region

  13. Aphotic Zone • is the portion of water where there is little or no sunlight • the depths beyond which less than 1% of sunlight penetrates

  14. One Ocean: Mysteries of the Deep • http://oneocean.cbc.ca/series/episodes/3-mysteries-of-the-deep • Questions sheet provided • 45:07mins

  15. What are the characteristics of marine life zones?

  16. Epipelagic From the surface down to around 200 m (656 ft). • illuminated surface zone where there is enough light for photosynthesis • plants and animals are largely concentrated in this zone • nearly all primary production in the ocean occurs here

  17. Mesopelagic From 200 m down to around 1,000 m (3,281 ft) Also known as the middle pelagic or twilight zone • some light penetrates this deep but it is insufficient for photosynthesis • at about 500 m the water becomes depleted of oxygen • some creatures living in the mesopelagic zone will rise to the epipelagic zone at night in order to feed • is the location of the thermocline, with temperatures varying from over 20°C at the top to around 4°C at the bottom

  18. Bathypelagic From 1,000 m down to around 4,000 m (13,124 ft) also known as midnight zone • the ocean is pitch black, apart from the occasional bioluminescent organism • no living plants, and most animals survive by consuming the snow of detritus falling from the zones above or by preying upon others • average temperature is about 4°C • larger by volume than the euphotic zone

  19. Abyssopelagic From 4,000 m down to above the ocean floor • Very few creatures are sufficiently adapted to survive in the cold temperatures and incredible pressures found at this depth • pressures of up to 76 megapascals (11,000 psi) • temperatures around 2 to 3°C

  20. Hadopelagic The deep water in ocean trenches • is mostly unknown, and very few species are known to live here • many organisms live in hydrothermal vents • most life at this depth is sustained by marine snow or the chemical reactions around thermal vents • the deepest known is at 10,911 meters (35,814 ft). • at such depths, e.g., 36k ft. below sea level, the pressure in the Hadal zone will reach over 110 MPa (16,000 psi)

  21. Demersal Zone • the part of the ocean comprising the water column that is near to (and is significantly affected by) the seabed and the benthos

  22. Benthic Zone • the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers • Organisms living in this zone are called benthos • many such organisms are permanently attached to the bottom • live in close relationship with the substrate bottom

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