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Flashcards by Mazie Lewis, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Mazie Lewis
almost 3 years ago
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| Gleocapsa (cyanobacteria) | - important primary producers |
| Trichodesmium (cyanobacteria) |
- sea sawdust
- nitrogen fixer in warm seas
- responsible for 50% of N fixation
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| Coscinodiscus (diatom) |
- in California
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| Pleurosigma (diatom) |
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| Pseudo-nitzschia (diatom) |
- HAB species
- produce neurotoxin domoic acid (D.O.) that causes amnesic shellfish poisoning
-inspo for "The Birds"
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| Macrocystis pyrifera (brown algae) |
- giant kelp
- ecosystem engineer
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| Nereocystis luetkeana (brown algae) |
- bull kelp
- survives rougher waters than Macrocystis
- ecosystem engineer
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| Postelsia palmaeformis (brown algae) |
- sea palm
- endangered
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| Stephanocystis osmundacea (brown algae) |
- chain bladder kelp
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| Egregia menziesii (brown algae) |
- feather boa kelp
- leather belt stipe
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| Undaria pinnatifida (brown algae) |
- invasive
- in Monterey harbor
- ruffly sporophyll base
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| Fucus distichus (brown algae) |
- Northern rockweed
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| Laminaria setchellii (brown algae) |
- Setchell's kelp
- shallow subtidal areas and rocky intertidal
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| Ceratium (dinoflagellates) |
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| Akashiwo sanguinea (dinoflagellate) |
- large blooms in S California
- surfactant that can kill seabirds
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| Emiliania huxleyi (coccolithophore) |
- huge white or turquoise blooms in cold waters
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