Marine ecosystems cover approximately 71% of the Earth's surface and contain approximately 97% of the planet's water. They generate 32% of the world's net primary production. They are distinguished from freshwater ecosystems by the presence of dissolved compounds, especially salts, in the water. Approximately 85% of the dissolved materials in seawater are sodium and chlorine. Seawater has an average salinity of 35 parts per thousand(ppt) of water. Actual salinity varies among different marine ecosystems.
A classification of marine habitats.
Marine ecosystems can be divided into many zones depending upon water depth and shoreline features. The oceanic zone is the vast open part of the ocean where animals such as whales, sharks, and tuna live. The benthic zone consists of substrates below water where many invertebrates live. The intertidal zone is the area between high and low tides; in this figure it is termed the littoral zone. Other near-shore (neritic) zones can include estuaries, salt marshes, coral reefs, lagoons and mangrove swamps. In the deep water, hydrothermal vents may occur where chemosynthetic sulfur bacteria form the base of the food web.
Classes of organisms found in marine ecosystems include brown algae, dinoflagellates, corals, cephalopods, echinoderms, and sharks. Fishes caught in marine ecosystems are the biggest source of commercial foods obtained from wild populations.
Environmental problems concerning marine ecosystems include unsustainable exploitation of marine resources (for example overfishing of certain species), marine pollution,climate change, and building on coastal areas.
<span>Hope this Helps :]</span>
Answer:
What is your lab over? Can you explain what all you did during this lab and what you observed? If you wrote a hypothesis was it true or untrue why or why not?
Explanation:
These should be some good starting points hope this helps!
Answer:
Every sensory neuron is a (an) stimuli to the central nervous system, and every motor neuron is a(an) transmitter from the central nervous system.
The provided question is incomplete as it lacks the image required to identify the, however the correct image is attached:
Answer:
B is protein
C is the process of translation
Explanation:
The given image is a flow chart representation of the process of the protein synthesis from the DNA molecule by a two-step process that is combinedly known as the central dogma.
The first step is a transcription in which an RNA molecule (mRNA) is synthesized from the DNA molecule in organism nucleus (in eukaryotes only). The second step is to making a polypeptide chain of amino acid with help of rRNA, tRNA, and mRNA, this process is known as translation and represented in the image as C and B is the protein that formed.
Thus, the correct answer is - B is protein
C is the process of translation
