Marine Organisms
Definitions
Potpourri
Thermoregulation
Animals
100
Organisms associated with the sea surface, including micro-organisms that are bound to the surface slick
What is Neuston?
100
Need light energy to aid in manufacturing sugars
What is Photosynthetic?
100
This animal feeds on pink coral or precious coral
What is Monk Seal?
100
depends on the environment for heat source
What is Ectothermy?
100
elasmobranch
What is shark?
200
animals that move in the water column but are capable of more powerful swimming and can move against a current
What is Nekton?
200
type of chlorophyll: blue-green in color; violet, blue, red best for PSYN
What is Chlorophyll A?
200
inner earbone of a fish, grows more rings when they age
What is Otolith?
200
internal metabolic production of heat
What is Endothermy?
200
"brain heater"
What is bill fish?
300
Animals and plants associated with the sea floor; there are two types
What is Benthos?
300
oxidize or reduce some substance to obtain energy, which is required to reduce CO2 in order to manufacture sugars
What is Chemoautrotrophic?
300
a natural process that results in the survival and reproductive success of a species
What is natural selection?
300
stable internal body temperature
What is Homeothermy?
300
salt glands
What is reptiles and birds?
400
Organisms that live suspended in water may have locomotory power but not enough to counteract major currents
What is Plankton?
400
occur as single cells or colonies of single cells; they are distinguished by their lack of features
What is Prokaryotes?
400
animals that contain specialized kidneys that concentrate urine to a greater extent
What is marine mammals?
400
variable internal body temperature
What is Poikilothermy?
400
bony fishes
What is Teleosts?
500
Two types of Benthos
What is infaunal and epifaunal?
500
Have distinct nuclei and cell organelles and all cells
What is Eukaryotes?
500
high salinity concentration
What is hypertonic?
500
ectothermic animal that depends on solar radiation for thermoregulation
What is Heliotherm?
500
Alo'ilo'i
What is Damsel?
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