GEOS 212 1st Edition Lecture 22 Outline of last lecture LECTURE 21 OUTLINE Kelp Mangrove Forests 14 April 2014 Kelp Forest Community Occurs in shallow water 100 feet deep Generally along continental shelves Likes cool water between 40 and 70 F Blooms during summer months Kelp Forest on US west coast Seasons in the Sea video Part 1 5 35 12 20 to 6 40 Critical aspects of Western US coast Depth size structure of kelp Gray whale migration feeding population Otters hunting recovery specific use of kelp Winter storms good bad aspects Part 2 21 35 25 40 to 10 39 Otters insulation linkage with urchins kelp Who else feeds on urchins What is an urchin barren and how does it form Starfish feeding strategy Part 3 41 52 46 19 to 15 01 Important aspects of kelp forest Garibaldi nesting mating parenting strategies Survival chances of juvenile fish Part 4 47 30 55 05 to 22 37 Food web of kelp plankton krill anchovies blue shark blue whale Blue whale size feeding strategies population Mangrove Forest Community Occurs in intertidal zone along gently sloping continental shelves Likes warm water 70 F Structure of mangroves Mangrove Forest along east African coast African Tides video Part 1 9 55 11 55 to 2 57 Unusual adaptation of mudskipper fish Structure of mangrove forest Primary producers Reproductive strategy of mangrove Part 2 29 35 33 32 to 6 53 Feeding strategy of mangrove jack fish catching sardines These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute How do porcupine fish avoid predation How do mudskippers avoid predation Partnership of prawn and gobi Partnership of crayfish and moray How does octopus avoid predator Outline of Current Lecture LECTURE 22 OUTLINE Coral Reefs Plankton 16 April 2015 Corals today Corals are both Animal and Plant History of evolution and migration of corals 240 Million Years Old from Tethys Sea Temperature nutrient control wave action and distribution of coral reefs Coral reefs on continental shelves Corals on volcanic islands Important aspects of Coral reefs Barrier Reef video Part 1 0 00 7 19 Description of coral organism and colony Three feeding strategies of sea cucumbers How is sand produced in coral reef environment How and why are nutrients recycled in a coral reef Part 2 7 19 10 02 What is the role of sea grasses and algae Name of rock that makes up reef Plant zooxanthellae versus animal structure of coral Day night difference Part 3 10 02 17 33 When where did corals first appear Where do most coral reefs occur today Why did they have to leave this area How why did they leave this area Plankton Primary producers planktonic plants diatoms coccoliths phytoplankton Primary consumers planktonic animals zooplankton Some are always planktonic holoplankton Some are planktonic only as juveniles meroplankton Current Lecture
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