https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us Made with the best of intentions en-us 2017-09-13 15:18:10 UTC 2017-09-13 15:34:47 UTC hello@padlet.com dylan_komer https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187216380  Ocean life ranges in size from the smallest living things, microbes, to the largest animal on Earth, blue whales.]]> 2017-09-13 15:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187216380 dylan_komer https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187216713 Microbes are the most important primary producers in the ocean and they have extremely fast growth rates and life cycles, and produce a huge amount of the carbon and oxygen on Earth.]]> 2017-09-13 15:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187216713 dylan_komer https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187217241 Most of the major groups that exist on Earth are found exclusively in the ocean and the diversity of major groups of organisms is much greater in the ocean than on land.]]> 2017-09-13 15:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187217241 dylan_komer https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187217475  Ocean biology provides many unique examples of life cycles, adaptations, and important relationships among organisms (symbiosis, predator-prey dynamics, and energy transfer) that do not occur on land.]]> 2017-09-13 15:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187217475 dylan_komer https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187217713 The ocean provides a vast living space with diverse and unique ecosystems from the surface through the water column and down to, and below, the seafloor.]]> 2017-09-13 15:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187217713 dylan_komer https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187218070 Ocean ecosystems are defined by environmental factors and the community of organisms living there and ocean  life is not evenly distributed through time or space due to differences in abiotic factors such as oxygen, salinity, temperature, pH, light, nutrients, pressure, substrate, and circulation.]]> 2017-09-13 15:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187218070 dylan_komer https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187219309 There are deep ocean ecosystems that are independent of energy from sunlight and photosynthetic organisms and hydro thermal vents, submarine hot springs, and methane cold seeps, rely only on chemical energy and chemo synthetic organisms to support life.]]> 2017-09-13 15:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187219309 dylan_komer https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187219851 Tides, waves, predation, substrate, and/or other factors cause vertical zonation patterns along the coast; density, pressure, and light levels cause vertical zonation patterns in the open ocean and zonation patterns influence organisms’ distribution and diversity.]]> 2017-09-13 15:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187219851 dylan_komer https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187220283 Estuaries provide important and productive nursery areas for many marine and aquatic species.]]> 2017-09-13 15:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dylan_komer/dqbtm97q77us/wish/187220283