Ecosystem Dynamics
A species' role in the ecosystem
If a characteristic is passed from parent to offspring.
Hereditary
Ocean drifter that uses sunlight and CO2 to fix sugars.
Phytoplankton.
The best policy for protecting species likely to go extinct in the USA.
Endangered Species Act
The result of two different species reproducing
Hybrid
Relative abundance of species within a community.
Species evenness.
In the open ocean, this zone has the highest primary productivity.
2 drivers of sea level rise
Melting of ice caps and warm water expansion
The size of a predator's population is determined by _______.
Prey population size
Extinction that is always happening, even if humans are not around.
Background extinction
Aquatic system in which you are most likely to find chemosynthesis.
Abyssal.
Example of habitat fragmentation
Dams, roads, logging, urban development
Method of classifying organisms based on their characteristics.
Taxonomic classification
Process driven by traits that increase an individual's chance of reproducing.
Non-random mating
What drives tidal patterns?
Gravity from the moon and sun
Allows you to destroy a wetland if you restore another.
Mitigation banking.
Areas with a large number of species that are vulnerable to extinction
Biodiversity hotspot
_______ biodiversity is necessary for natural selection to occur.
Genetic
Dead and decaying organisms drifting to the ocean floor.
Marine snow.
Solutions for habitat fragmentation
Habitat corridors or buffer zones