Group 5: Sea Surface by LIndsay Knippenberg

Group 5: Sea Surface by LIndsay Knippenberg https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn Morgan en-us 2014-12-03 19:48:28 UTC 2025-11-16 21:24:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145232454 2017-01-04 12:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145232454 https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145232479 2017-01-04 12:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145232479 EGGS https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145392712 1. Size: These little eggs are just about ping-pong ball size -- which is about 40 mm 2. Shape: They look like ping-pong balls; the little babies grow inside of them (curled up to fit) 3. Color: White shell ~ they have a soft, papery and/or leathery texture to them 4. Habitat: Sea turtle eggs go through a process call INCUBATION! Their initial habitat is their nest. FUN FACT! Temperatures warmer than 80-85 degrees Fahrenheit in the nest produce more females and temperatures colder than that produce more male turtles 5. Food: Their food is the yolk in their individual egg 6. Obstacles: They have a lot of obstacles to face ~ being eaten, moved, destroyed or incubated improperly (nest too cold or way too hot); humans could move, eat or crush the eggs while they are incubating, which would kill the embryos 7. Adaptations: These guys do not really have any adaptations, except that their mother buries them in the nest that is hopefully out of harms way]]> 2017-01-04 22:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145392712 HATCHLING https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145393007 1. Size: These mini leatherbacks are about 2-4 inches long 2. Shape: They have a rounded, triangle-like shaped shell, small pectoral fins, small hind legs and a small head 3. Color: Their shells are a dark grey-black, with small white (or yellowish) spots that are scattered around its body; the shell feels leathery/rubbery 4. Habitat: These hatchlings like warm waters, closer to shallow waters at first, then move towards open ocean (like the adult leatherbacks) 5. Food: The rest of it’s yolk in the nest, mollusks, crustaceans, seaweed and fish eggs 6. Obstacles: Hatchlings have a lot of obstacles to face: being eaten, crushed, ingesting plastics/harmful materials or getting stuck on the shore; humans could touch/move them while they are on their journey to the ocean, so they might get stuck and not be able to make it to the ocean to survive - humans also could disorient the babies by having a firing or any lights on shore when they make their journey to the ocean (they are attracted to the light by the horizon, so if any other light that is in the way, they thinks its the ocean when it is not) 7. Adaptations: They have a small tooth (called a caruncle) that helps them break out of their egg shell and their nest and they also have a dark colored shell and a light underbelly that works as camouflage once they are in the water.]]> 2017-01-04 22:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145393007 ADULT https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145393034 1. Size: These guys can get huge. They can range from 4-7 feet long and range from 500-2000 pounds 2. Shape: These turtles have a rounded triangle-like shaped shell, large pectoral fins, hind legs and a large head 3. Color: Leatherbacks are dark grey-black, with small white (or yellowish) spots that are scattered around its body; the texture of the shell feels leathery/rubbery 4. Habitat: The adults like warm, temperate waters and open ocean. If they can’t find food easily, they will migrate to where their food is located. They can live in colder water because of their size, but they generally stay in warmer waters 5. Food: These guys mainly eat jellyfish; but they also eat sea urchins, squid, crustaceans, tunicates, fish, blue-green algae and floating seaweed 6. Obstacles: Adults face being eaten, (the females) getting stuck on the beach after laying eggs or getting caught in nets; humans could be fishing and catch one accidentally in their nets (which could kill them) 7. Adaptations: Their flippers have evolved to be long and paddle-like for strong swimming. They have a light underbelly and a dark shell that helps them be camouflaged (dark shell = dark ocean floor, light underbelly = light surface of water). They are able to be on land or in the water (they have lungs), they have a great sense of direction/they are good navigators (go back to the beach where they were born)]]> 2017-01-04 22:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145393034 EGG https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145394942 Egg - Leatherback Sea Turtle Eggs. 2016. Web. 16 Dec. 2016.]]> 2017-01-04 22:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145394942 HATCHLING https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145394990 Baby - Baby Leatherback Sea Turtle. 2016. Web. 16 Dec. 2016.]]> 2017-01-04 22:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145394990 ADULT https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145395010 Adult - Adult Leatherback Sea Turtle. 2016. Web. 16 Dec. 2016.]]> 2017-01-04 22:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145395010 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION MAP https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145395943 Entertainment, SeaWorld. Seaworld.org. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Dec. 2016.]]> 2017-01-04 22:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145395943 https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145520211 2017-01-05 16:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145520211 Leatherback Sea Turtles! https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145520601 Sea Turtle "107678"]]> 2017-01-05 16:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145520601 https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145521330 2017-01-05 16:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145521330 Information https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145522012
Observations:
The Leatherback turtle that I studied, 107678, liked to stay in the range of -500 meters to -4000 meters. During its migration, its was near the -4000 meter range in the beginning and end, and then in the -500 meters range in the middle.

Justification:
The turtle generally swam in the deeper elevations, but because of the higher elevations, it was forced to swim up towards the surface more. Whenever the elevation dropped, the turtle moved with it.

]]> 2017-01-05 16:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145522012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145522059 2017-01-05 16:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145522059 https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145535359 2017-01-05 16:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145535359 BATHYMETRY https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145535779 2017-01-05 16:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145535779 Created By: https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145536574 Morgan Pfeiffer]]> 2017-01-05 16:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145536574 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145537333 2017-01-05 16:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145537333 SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145538030 2017-01-05 16:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145538030 July https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145538266 Sea Surface Temperatures - 24 degrees Celsius Currents/Velocities - About 0.1; Moving Northeast Ice - None, just ocean
Wave Heights - 3.9E+0.1

]]> 2017-01-05 16:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145538266 September https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145538289 Sea Surface Temperatures - 16 degrees Celsius Currents/Velocities - About 0.1; Moving Southwest
Ice - None, just ocean
Wave Heights - -3.3E+0.1

]]> 2017-01-05 16:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145538289 Present https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145538314 Sea Surface Temperatures - 12 degrees Celsius
Currents/Velocities - About 0.1; Moving Slightly Southwest
Ice - None, just ocean
Wave Heights - -3.3E+0.1]]> 2017-01-05 16:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145538314 https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145538618 2017-01-05 16:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145538618 https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145538940 2017-01-05 16:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145538940 https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145539256 2017-01-05 16:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145539256 Justification https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145540245 The turtle moved towards colder water as it swam on; it also moved towards currents that started going Southwest, when they were originally going Northeast at the start of my research (JULY).]]> 2017-01-05 17:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145540245 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145540434 2017-01-05 17:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145540434 PHYTOPLANKTON https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145540707 2017-01-05 17:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145540707 https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145541030 2017-01-05 17:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145541030 July https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145541306 Phytoplankton Concentrations - About 0.2 ]]> 2017-01-05 17:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145541306 September https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145541355 Phytoplankton Concentrations - About 1.0 ]]> 2017-01-05 17:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145541355 Present https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145541389 Phytoplankton Concentrations - About 1.0]]> 2017-01-05 17:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145541389 https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145541619 2017-01-05 17:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145541619 https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145541856 2017-01-05 17:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145541856 Justification https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145542238 As the turtle makes it way, it moves from a lower phytoplankton concentration towards a higher phytoplankton concentration. In July, the concentration was 0.2 where "107678" was, and then in September, the phytoplankton concentration bumped up to 1.0 where it was.]]> 2017-01-05 17:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145542238 https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145542674 2017-01-05 17:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145542674 FOOD CHAIN https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145542684 2017-01-05 17:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145542684 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145543109 2017-01-05 17:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145543109 Image Citations https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145543434 The Sun. 2016. Web. 30 Dec. 2016.

Phytoplankton. 2016. Web. 30 Dec. 2016.

Zooplankton. 2016. Web. 30 Dec. 2016.

Sea Jellies. 2016. Web. 30 Dec. 2016.

Adult Leatherback Sea Turtle. 2016. Web. 16 Dec. 2016.

]]> 2017-01-05 17:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145543434 LIFE HISTORY https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145543888 2017-01-05 17:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayknippenb/g7hs0l2em9nn/wish/145543888