Oceanography Click on the link for the World Ocean Observatory Radio Podcast, th
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Oceanography
Click on the link for the World Ocean Observatory Radio Podcast, then choose the August 10, 2016 episode, Life in a Droppage 4. You may click on the link under Image to see magnified pictures of various creatures in a drop of water. Share with what you have learned from the episode and identify three creatures from the provided images that impressed you the most. Describe what you have learned about the creatures that you chose to report.
LINK: http://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/index.php?q=world-ocean-radio
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What do we see in a single drop of ocean water? An image captured by David Liittschwager for National Geographic, then magnified 25 times,
It reveals an impressive abundance and biodiversity of many types of microscopic organisms. there are number of creatures. they are simple but have complex metabolism. The major identifiable species are.fish eggs contributing to food chain for other fish and marine worms , crab larvae much more fully developed , tinyshrimp like crustations rich in proteins.planktons are energetic swimmers and diatoms single celled algae, cyano bacteria liberates oxygen for photosynthesis
the most important are the diatoms, planktons and cyanobacteria
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