The Benthos and Deep Sea Pelagic

A. Click here to see a weird adaptation of the Deep Sea Angler Fish and here for some ideas for your Creature Creation Activity-will it be benthic or deep sea pelagic?

B. How do Benthic Ecologists study the seafloor? Click here for a glimpse.

C. Click here to learn more about Hydrothermal Vents.

D. Click here to learn more about deep sea bioluminescence.

E. Click here to see how animals have evolved to breed, feed, and survive in the deep sea.

F. Click for the powerpoint on ecological succession & dredging

G. Click for the powerpoint on sampling the benthos.

H. Click here for the site to use for the hydrothermal vents webquest.

Populations & Nutrient Cycles

Click here and here for links to help you better visualize populations on earth. If you type in your birthday on the first link, you can see yourself on a graph that looks frighteningly like the one we saw in the Otter Reading!

Click here for a video that should make you think about living in a coastal region and your connection to your drinking water.

Click here for more information on jellyfish.

Click here for our notes on Population Cycles, Primary Productivity, and Plankton in the LIS.

Click here to see the Power Point on the Effects of Climate Change on the Marine Environment

Click here to see how organisms cope with life on the Margins of the Land.

Introduction to Marine Ecology

Click here for the Youth Making Ripples Film Categories and here for the Past Winners for help with ideas. (Your video must be uploaded to youtube and a link to your video must be emailded to your teacher by 9/21)
Here is the rubric and why we're doing this and here is Youth Making Ripple's list of free music and images you can use.

Marine Ecology Scavenger Hunt Videos:
Click here for the Antarctic Ocean Video.
Click here for the Montery Bay Video.
Click here for the West Indian Ocean Video.

Click here for a video that will help you better understand introductory Marine Ecology vocabulary.