The Open Sea Distributions And Adaptations - Marine Biology Function Biodiversity Ecology | Biology+

Course

Ecology

Study Pack

Set 1: Sounding the Deep

Set 2: The Oceanic Environment

Set 3: Climate Oscillations and Climate Change

Set 4: Ecological and Evolutionary Principles of Marine Biology

Set 5: The Chemical and Physical Environment

Set 6: Life in a Fluid Medium

Set 7: Reproduction, Dispersal, and Migration

Set 8: Plankton

Set 9: Marine Vertebrates and Other Nekton

Set 10: The Open Sea: Distributions and Adaptations

Set 11: Processes in the Water Column

Set 12: Productivity, Food Webs, and Global Climate Change

Set 13: Benthic Microorganisms, Seaweeds, and Sea Grasses

Set 14: The Diversity of Benthic Marine Invertebrates

Set 15: Benthic Life Habits

Set 16: The Tidelands: Rocky Shores, Soft-Substratum Shores, Marshes, Mangroves, Estuaries, and Oyster Reefs

Set 17: The Shallow Coastal Subtidal: Sea Grass Beds, Rocky Reefs, Kelp Forests, and Coral Reefs

Set 18: Benthos From the Continental Shelf to the Deep Sea

Set 19: Polar Marine Biology

Set 20: Biodiversity and Conservation of the Ocean

Set 21: Fisheries and Food From the Sea

Set 22: Environmental Impacts of Industrial Activities and Human Populations

Set 10 The Open Sea Distributions And Adaptations

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Set 10 The Open Sea Distributions And Adaptations

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Which of the following explanations of diurnal vertical migrations cannot be excluded by available data?

A) Predation is stronger near the surface during daylight
B) The zooplankton are seeking a certain temperature, which varies between day and night
C) Strong light is harmful
D) Zooplankton are responding directly and only to diurnal changes in ambient light

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Diurnal vertical migrations are a feature of

A) All phytoplankton and zooplankton
B) All zooplankton
C) Nearly all zooplankton capable of swimming
D) All zooplankton, with the exception of copepods

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

With regard to diurnal vertical migration, nearly transparent gelatinous forms

A) Pose problems for the energy hypothesis
B) Pose problems for the predation hypothesis
C) Can swim too slowly to account completely for their vertical ascent
D) All of the above

Answer