Ocean
By: Victoria Martin
Ocean
Biotic Factors
Animal and plant communities can include
- open rock
- rocky shores
- salt marches
- Sandy Shores
Adaptions
Octopus use camouflage to escape detection or to sneak up on their prey.
Bryozoan colonies look like shelf's, but they house hundreds of individuals.
Abiotic Factors
Abiotic Factors for the ocean can include
- Sunlight
- Temperature
- Nutrient available
- Dissolved minerals
Community Interactions
Primary producers- plankton
Primary consumers- krill, shrimp, small fished, and squid
Secondary consumers- seals, bigger fish, whales and penguins
Tertiary consumers- killer whales
Importance of the Ocean
- house of numerous species of plants and animals, both big and small.
- without having water, the world would be desert-like places.
- provides food like fish and shrimp.
- used for transportation.
- Mined for minerals.
- Drilled for crude oil.
Human Impacts of the Ocean
Overfishing: The world if losing species, as well as entire ecosystems.
Pollution: is causing the water to become unsafe, and also marine animals are decreasing dues to the animals have skin and eye irritation, and lung and liver problems.
Oil and Gas: drilling in the ocean is a major threat to marine habitats and species
Cite sources
Ocean Biome. (n.d.). Retrieved February 11, 2016, from http://www.bioexpedition.com/ocean-biome/
Ocean Biome. (n.d.). Retrieved February 11, 2016, from http://www.bioexpedition.com/ocean-biome/
http://overfishing.org/pages/why_is_overfishing_a_problem.php
Ocean Biome. (n.d.). Retrieved February 11, 2016, from http://www.bioexpedition.com/ocean-biome/