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61 Cards in this Set
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two most common algae genera found in kelp forests
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macrocystis, nereocystis
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genus of kelp with highest growth rate; how fast
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macrocystis; 50 cm/day
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height of tallest kelps
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30 m
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name for rock deposited by coral made of calcium carbonate
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limestone
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type of fishing in South Asia that stuns fish and kills many of them
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cyanide fishing
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from largest to smallest, what are the plankton sizes
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mega, macro, meso, micro, nano, pico, femto
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organisms that eat other organisms but can also photosynthesize
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mixotrophs
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phylum of radiolarians and foraminifers
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phylum sarcomastigophora
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phylum of sponges
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phylum porifera
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large central cavity of a sponge
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spongocoel
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large opening on a sponge where wastes exit
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osculum
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phylum of jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones
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phylum cnidaria
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class of hydra and man-o-wars
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class hydrozoa
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class of typical jellyfish
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scyphozoa
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class of box jellyfish and sea wasps
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cubozoa
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class of corals and sea anemones
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anthozoa
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ciliated larvae of many cnidarians
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planula
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phylum of comb jellies
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ctenophora
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cells of ctenophores that release sticky threads to capture prey
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colloblasts
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phylum of flatworms including turbellarians
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platyhelminthes
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phylum of ribbon worms
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nemertea
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structure on the head of ribbon worms that ejects and is used to subdue prey
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proboscis
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phylum of organisms that have tube feet
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echinodermata
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class of sea lilies and feather stars
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crinoidea
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class of sea stars
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asteroidea
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class of brittle stars
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ophiuroidea
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class of sea urchins and sand dollars
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echinoidea
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class of sea cucumbers
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holothuroidea
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small opening where water enters a sponge
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ostium
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largest turtle; length
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leatherback turtle; 8 ft
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a communal area used by adult males during the breeding season as a stage for the competitive attraction of females
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lek
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seed of a mangrove
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propagule
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slowing of heart rate in diving whales to reduce oxygen consumption
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bradycardia
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the calcareous skeletal cup in which a coral polyp lives
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corallite
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second largest shark
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basking shark
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old decaying eelgrass
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wrack
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mobile larval form of a barnacle
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cypris
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receptors in a fish's lateral line
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neuromasts
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biologists who study fish
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ichthyologists
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the opposite of extinct, which means that a species is still living
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extant
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camouflage coloring that allows a fish to blend in with its background
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cryptic coloration
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fingerlike branching external gills that project from the dorsal surface (mantle) of nudibranchs
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cerata
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nematocyst-armed defensive structures of anemones
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acrorhagi
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marine animals that reproduce by releasing eggs and sperm into the water
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broadcast spawner
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an organism that spends ATP to regulate the salt content of its internal fluid environment
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osmoregulator
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organisms that remain isosmotic with the water around them
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osmotic conformers
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a type of social and breeding organization in which a male is dominant over and mates with several females
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polygyny
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early free-swimming, ciliated larval stage of many marine mollusks, annelid worms, bryozoans, and brachiopods
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trochophore
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tentacle-bearing feeding structure of bryozoans, brachiopods, and phoronids
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lophophore
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the body fluid contained within some animals, against which muscles work to provide shape changes
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hydrostatic skeleton
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fibrous collagen protein making up the flexible skeleton of many sponges (not the spicules)
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spongin
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type of marine organism that is the source of agar
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red algae (rhodophyta)
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spores formed by red algae
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carpospores
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red protein pigment in some cyanobacteria and red algae
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phycoerythrin
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the depth at which the rate of photosynthesis equals the rate of respiration
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critical depth
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the depth at which light energy is too small for photosynthesis
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compensation depth
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a group of yellow or golden photosynthetic pigments
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xanthophylls
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brown pigment
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fucoxanthin
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a paralytic toxic produced by dinophytes that accumulates in the butter clam
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saxitoxin
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toxin that builds up in molluscs and causes amnesic shellfish poisoing in humans
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domoic acid
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a plant that attaches itself to other organisms
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epiphyte
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