Ocean Life What abiotic factors affect where ocean organisms live? • Salinity • Water Temperature • Light • Dissolved gases • Nutrients (food) • Wave action Classifications of Organisms • Any depth • Scientists classify Marine organisms on where they live and how they move • 3 major types: –Plankton –Nekton –Benthos Plankton • Tiny algae and animals that float in the water and are carried by waves and current. • Examples: – Algae plankton = diatoms – Animal plankton = microscopic crustaceans and fish larvae
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Ocean Life
What abiotic factors affect where ocean organisms live?
• Salinity • Water Temperature • Light • Dissolved gases • Nutrients (food) • Wave action
Classifications of Organisms
• Any depth • Scientists classify Marine organisms on
where they live and how they move • 3 major types:
–Plankton
–Nekton
–Benthos
Plankton• Tiny algae and animals that float in the