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Key Ideas
Energy flows through living systems, but matter is recycled.
Primary producers (autotrophs) synthesize organic matter byphotosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
Heterotrophs cannot synthesize O.M.; they must consumeautotrophs or other heterotrophs for food.
Feeding relationships are complex and resemble webs.
Phytoplankton are some of the world’s most importantproducers; zooplankton are the most abundant consumers in theocean.
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Capture and Flow of Energy
Most of the energy used by marine organisms to makefood comes from the sun.
Photosynthesis is the process used by mostproducers to convert the sun’s energy to food energy.
Chemosynthesis is the production of food in theabsence of light using chemical energy.
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Flow of Energy Through Living Systems
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Cycling of Matter Through Living Systems
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Simplified Carbon Cycle
ANIMALS
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Atmosphere
Burial
CO2 O2
CO2 + H2O + nutrients <==> CH2O + O2
PLANTS
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Terms used to describe feeding relationships:
Autotrophs – organisms that make their own food, also calledproducers.
Heterotrophs - organisms that must consume other organisms forenergy
Trophic pyramid - a model that describes who eats whom
Primary consumers - organisms that eat producers
Secondary Consumers - organisms that eat primary consumers
Top consumers - the top of the trophic pyramid
Feeding Relationships
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Feeding Relationships
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Primary Productivity
Synthesis of organic material from inorganic substances isprimary productivity.
Primary productivity is measured in grams of carbonbound into organic material per square meter of oceansurface per year, or, more simply:
gC/m2/yr
Recent studies suggest that total ocean productivity isbetween75 gC/ m2/yr and 150 gC/ m2/yr.
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Primary Productivity
Oceanic productivityis measured ingC/ m2/yr.
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Factors That Limit Productivity
WaterCarbon dioxideInorganic nutrientsSunlight
Since water and carbon dioxide are in goodsupply in the ocean, the factors that usually limitmarine primary productivity are inorganicnutrients and sunlight.
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Productivity Limitations
Ocean
Light
Nutrients
Land
Water
Temperature
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Types of Phytoplankton
Diatoms - the dominant and most productive ofthe plankton; tests of silica
Dinoflagellates and silicoflagellates- useflagella to move
Coccolithophores - tests of calcium carbonate
Nanoplankton and picoplankton -encompasses most other types of plankton; verysmall.
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The euphotic zoneis the site ofphotosyntheticproduction.
The Euphotic Zone
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Productivity Versus Respiration
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Compensation Depth
The balance between respiration and photosynthesis at different depths.The compensation depth is the “break even” depth.
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Mid-Latitude Productivity
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Tropical Productivity
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Global Distribution of PlanktonProductivity
The distribution of phytoplankton corresponds to the distribution ofnutrients and sunlight. The productivity of plankton varies betweenthe seasons.
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Productivity indifferent
regions duringthe year.
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Productivity Versus Standing Crop
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Phosphate Cycle
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Productivity of Oceanic Environments
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Some oceanic autotrophs are attached (plankton are drifters).Attached autotrophs are forms of protists commonly called algae orseaweed. Seaweeds can be classified based on the type of pigmentsthey have.
Chlorophytes are green due to the presence of chlorophyll and thelack of accessory pigments.
Phaeophytes are brown; they contain chlorophyll and a secondarypigment.
Rhodophytes get their red color from accessory pigments.
Larger Marine Producers
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Marine Angiosperms
Angiosperms are advanced vascular plants thatreproduce with flowers and seed. Most angiosperms arefound on land but a few species are found in oceanenvironments.
Sea grasses are found on the coasts and are veryproductive compared to phytoplankton.
Mangroves are found in tropical lagoons, bays andestuaries. Mangroves have distinctive roots that provideanchorage, trap sediment and protect small organisms.
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Crash of the Peruvian Anchovy Fishing
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Commercially Extinct Whales
The whaling industry has pushed most of the dozen species of great whales to thebrink of extinction. These five species of whales are commercially extinct.
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Decline in Various Population Groups
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Summary
Diatoms and other primary producers convert energy from the sun intofood used by the rest of the oceanic community.
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