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phytoplankton.activity.teacher.instructions.doc |
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document |
Computer Program |
Microsoft Word 2003 |
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31.00 KB - 1 file |
Expert Level |
High School (Grade 9-12) |
Contributor |
Moira R Decima |
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Moira Decima |
Resource Matrix |
The Carbon Cycle |
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Description
This is the activity for the last lesson of this unit. This lesson expands on material covered on the previous lecture, exploring consequences of a heterogeneous ocean on phytoplankton. The distribution, population growth rates and general ecology of phytoplankton is explored as a consequence of the heterogeneity of water masses. |
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Keywords plankton, phytoplankton, diatom, dinoflagellate, coccolithophore, flagellate, Prochlorococcus, Synecochoccus, stratification, water column, population growth, species distribution |
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