Ocean Stuff
members of same species occupying a specified area
Population
A population distribution type characterized by even spacing between individuals
uniform
The ocean province that lies offshore of the Neritic province
Oceanic province
This deepest of ocean features is created at subduction zones
Trench
Besides NaCl, these are the two most abundant dissolved ions in seawater
magnesium and sulfate
The specific place in the environment where an organism is found
Habitat
This ocean feature rises high above the sea floor but does not break the sea surface
seamount
The part of the Benthic Division of the ocean that is exposed between the high tide and low tide
Intertidal/Littoral zone
This type of marine sediment is made primarily of hard parts of marine organisms
Biogenous
This is an area of rapid change in salinity with a change in depth
halocline
a complex of living organisms interacting together with their abiotic environment
Ecosystem
The export of this major nutrient to deep ocean sediment is responsible for the "biological pump"
Carbon
This zone of the ocean is where zero sunlight reaches
Aphotic zone
The part of the water column that has more than 0% but less than 1% of surface sunlight
Disphotic zone
This ocean feature is formed by a large river valley being submerged by sea level rise
submarine canyon
The theoretical upper limit of a population size (represented by the letter k)
Carrying capacity
This ocean region is composed of the continental shelf and continental slope
Continental margin
The oxygen-depleted pelagic zone directly beneath the epipelagic zone
Mesopelagic zone
Subduction zones are found at this type of plate boundary
Convergent
A name for biogenous sediment that is >30% calcite or silica
ooze
The dissolution of too much ______ in seawater is ultimately responsible for ocean acidification
CO2/carbonic acid
Broadcast spawners have a type ___ survivorship curve (I, II, or III)
type III
The benthic portion of the seafloor that includes the continental slope and continental rise
Bathyal zone
A flat-topped seamount that was once a volcanic island but subsided beneath the sea surface
Guyot
This sampling method is recommended for highly mobile marine organisms like fish and lentils
mark-recapture