Algae
smallest kind of algae that includes diatoms and dinoflagellates
What are microalgae?
the lowest level of Ecology
What is organism?
this type of population distribution pattern is observed when resources are available throughout the entire ecosystem and individuals are not affected by each other
What is random?
this type of plankton consists of tiny animals or larvae of fish and crustaceans
What are zooplankton?
What is mimicry?
pigment found in green algae
What is chlorophyll?
method of estimating population size that involves a rope or a measuring tape that is laid out on the ground and all the plants touching the rope are counted
What is transect?
this type of distribution exists when individuals of a population are territorial and they need a certain amount of space to get the resources they need
What is uniform?
the rate at which solar energy is converted into sugars by producers; the total amount of products made during photosynthesis
What is gross primary productivity?
term used to describe when two species evolve in response to each other in order to continue the interaction between them - example is the rough skinned newt and garter snake
What is coevolution?
type of algae that causes red tide
What are dinoflagellates?
type of ecologist that would study the interactions between the pollinators and the plants that live in an area
What is community?
This type of population growth occurs when the population has reached its carrying capacity
What is logistic?
type of species interaction in which a tapeworm lives inside the intestines of a mammals and takes nutrients from the mammal
What is parasitism?
The type of relationship between gobi fish and grouper in which the gobi fish clean the parasites from the mouth and gills of the grouper
What is mutualism?
What is biomass?
type of ecologist that would study how the traits of a codfish allow it to survive in cold water
What is organism
these determine the carrying capacity of a population
What are limiting factors?
role of organisms such as trees, plants, and algae in the food chain
What are producers?
the place where Jesus was laid after he was born
What is a manger?
Kingdom that algae belong to
What is protist?
the classification level to which dogs, wolves, coyotes and dingos all belong
What is genus?
in this type of population growth, the population grows at a fixed rate every time period
What is symbiosis?
organism that consists of algae and fungus living together
What is lichen?