GEOLOGY
322 - OCEAN SYSTEMS
Video 13 Plankton and the Open Sea
Observation:
- What
methods are used to directly sample plankton in the open sea?
- What
tools are necessary to observe plankton after they are collected?
- What
new methods are being used to determine global phytoplankton abundance?
Phytoplankton:
- Name
two varieties of phytoplankton described in the video.
- What
is the most abundant autotroph on earth?
- Give
two methods that diatoms use to keep afloat. What happens to their
shells when they die?
- What
do diatoms look like? How are they different from dinoflagellates?
Zooplankton:
- Name
3 permanent zooplankton described in the video?
- Name
3 temporary zooplankton described in the video?
- What
is a copepod?
- Why might we care what it is?
- How do they eat?
- What do they eat?
- Where
do most zooplankton live?
- What is vertical migration?
- What is their relationship with light?
General:
- How
do/might people utilize satellite observations of plankton?
- Why
is it important to study plankton?