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Grouping Ocean Organisms
- Ocean organisms are all different, they live and move differerntly so scintists group them according to these
characteristics. It can include living and non-living organisms.
- Plankton
- Plankton are small algae
and animals that float in
water. Algae plankton
include geometrically
shaped diatoms. They
include tiny fish ,
microscopic crustaceans,
like copepods
- Plankton are small algae
and animals that float in
water. Algae plankton
include geometrically
shaped diatoms. They
include tiny fish ,
microscopic crustaceans,
like copepods
- Nekton
- Nekton are animals that may swimm
freely through the water colum. For
ejample squid, most fishes and marine
like whale areclassified as nekton.
- Nekton are animals that may swimm
freely through the water colum. For
ejample squid, most fishes and marine
like whale areclassified as nekton.
- Benthos
- Benthos are oganisms
that live in the ocean
floor, animals like
crabs, sea stars ,
octopuses , are
classified as benthos.
- Benthos are oganisms
that live in the ocean
floor, animals like
crabs, sea stars ,
octopuses , are
classified as benthos.
- Plankton
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