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How does gaseous nitrogen get changed into the more usable form Nitrate?

nitrogen fixers like Cyanobateria change gaseous nitrogen to nitrates (and a few other bacteria)

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What is Benthic?

describing organisms that live on the bottom of the ocean

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What is Carrying capacity?

The largest population size that can be supported by a specific area with its available resources

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How are the boundaries of various zones in the ocean defined?

Physical characteristics like temperature, depth and light penetration

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Do all primary producers. photosynthesize at the same rate?

no, some are more productive than others

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lifesaver

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What is Ecology?

the study of relationship between an organism and its environment

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What is Productivity?

the rate of photosynthesis carried on in an ecosystem, minus the rate of respiration of the photosynthetic organisms

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What is aphotic?

area where no light reaches, therefor no photosynthesis can occur.

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Can one habitat be affected by another habitat? Give an example?

River delta is affected by rain in the mountains. Sunlight blocked by a high rise building will affect the coral growth near the shore.

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define mutualism and give two examples of it from the chapter.

Zooxanthellae and coral, cleaner shrimp and many fish, clown fish and sea anemone.

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What is the main source of carbon for living organisms?

Gaseous CO2. Primary producers use CO2 to produce sugars. Unlike N fixation, where bacteria change N2 into nitrates. (the bacteria is not a primary producer.

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What happens if there is not enough of the kind of bacteria that do denitrification in a fish tank?

This kind of bacteria converts ammonia into gaseous nitrogen, so the ammonia levels will rise.

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