Phytoplankton and Zooplankton

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Phytoplankton and Zooplankton
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Phytoplankton

• The most important organisms on the planet
• are

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Phytoplankton

• Generate of the oxygen that we breath.
  They are called the of the sea.
• Examples , ,
  ______________________

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Phytoplankton________________________________
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Where do we find Phytoplankton?
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Phytoplankton_____________________________.

• Phytoplankton exist
• Where there is __________
• And __________. (red highest
• Blue lowest) Circle the area

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There are no/little Phytoplankton in
_________________
Why? Use the pictures To help answer
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AnswerUpwelling is not present in these
tropical waters
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Phytoplankton Blooms

• Phytoplankton Blooms
• ______________of one species of ____________.
• Called the
• ___________
• __________ depending on the species

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Phytoplankton Blooms

• Major reasons are, ____,
• _____________ too many ___________ going into the
  water from _______________, from human activities
• .

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Phytoplankton Blooms

• They produce a ________ that makes them taste bad
  to fish that would otherwise eat them. Although
  this chemical can even _____________, medical
  experts say it only irritates humans (swimming
  in). The toxin can build up in shellfish. Thats
  why tainted shellfish are unsafe and possibly
  _______ for humans to ______

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Dinoflagellates of Long Island
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Zooplankton

• __________________________
• _______ in the oceans reliant on currents for
  movement.
• Can Range in size ____________ to as large as
  jellyfish

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What eats zooplanktonSome examples
Basking Shark
Blue Whale
Manta Ray
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Zooplankton

• _____________________in food chains.
• They include all the classification of organisms
  and will be discussed in the other phylum
  powerpoints.

Rotifer eating phyto plankton
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