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- T or F: Kelps with air bladders are common along the western and northwestern Pacific coasts of the US.
- The relationship between the protistan zooxanthellae and the polyps of reef-building corals is best describe as a:
- T or F: One characteristic of hydrothermal vent communities is the unusually large size of organism such as tube worms and clams.
- Organic matter decomposes most slowly in...
- Which doesn't belong: buckshot barnacle, chiton, hermit crab, limpet, periwinkle.
- two dominant organisms of the rocky shore found high on the rocks of the intertidal zone are:
- T or F: The temperature of the ocean water has a significant effect on species diversity of benthic communities.
- The organism posing the greatest threat to the kelp forest is the __________
- Recent studies indicated that the deep biosphere, an environment that exists within the seafloor itself, may account for up to _____ of Earth's total bacterial biomass.
- T or F: Hermit crabs are commonly found inhabitants of tide pools.
- The loss of color (coral bleaching) in coral reef organisms can be a result of:
- T or F: The supratidal zone of the rocky shore is the area between the highest high tide and the lowest low tide.
- The most important limiting factor in rocky intertidal communities is:
- Some organisms living in the high water portion of the intertidal zone cannot survive in the supralittoral zone b/c they:
- The common annelid found in a sandy beach environment is the:
- The subtidal rocky bottom zone along temperate shorelines is dominated by:
- The most successful adaptation for living on a sediment-covered shore is:
- What organisms belong to the Discoba clade?
- What pelagic zone only gets 20% of food made at the surface?
- What color penetrates the deepest?