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Plankton Ecology: Day 3 Lecture Notes
File Name phytoplankton.lecture.teacher.notes.doc
Data Type presentation
Computer Program Microsoft Word 2003
File Size 37.00 KB - 1 file
Expert Level High School (Grade 9-12)
Contributor Moira R Decima
Source Moira Decima
Resource Matrix The Carbon Cycle
Description
This is the lecture component for the third of a four day lesson plan. This lesson explores the consequences of a heterogeneous ocean on phytoplankton. Spatial heterogeneity in the ocean arises as a consequence of distance from shore as well as depth: water column stratification greatly affects the ecology and species distribution of phytoplankton.
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