Why are coccolithophores more easily seen from space than diatoms?
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Why are coccolithophores more easily seen from space than diatoms?
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addCh. 14.1 - Why are some ocean areas productive and some areas...Ch. 14.1 - What are the most important kinds of primary...Ch. 14.1 - What do primary producers produce? How is...Ch. 14.2 - Plankton are said to be drifters, yet some of them...Ch. 14.2 - Is plankton a natural or artificial category?Ch. 14.3 - Are fine nets sufficient to capture all the...Ch. 14.3 - What data are usually collected along with the...Ch. 14.4 - Which of these classifications likely contains the...Ch. 14.4 - Can you provide an example of a nanoplankter?...Ch. 14.4 - What is an autotroph? Are all plankton...
Ch. 14.4 - What is unique about picoplankton?Ch. 14.4 - How are diatoms similar to and different from...Ch. 14.4 - Why do these dinoflagellates have a brownish-red...Ch. 14.4 - Why are coccolithophores more easily seen from...Ch. 14.5 - What factors most often limit phytoplankton...Ch. 14.5 - What element, when missing, most often limits...Ch. 14.5 - Which planktonic primary producers can succeed at...Ch. 14.6 - What is compensation depth?Ch. 14.6 - Do heterotrophs (zooplankton) have a compensation...Ch. 14.7 - Which has a higher (higher in the water)...Ch. 14.7 - Where is oceanic primary productivity highest?Ch. 14.7 - Why is surface productivity generally low in the...Ch. 14.7 - At what time(s) of year does plankton productivity...Ch. 14.8 - If the holdfast of this alga breaks free in a...Ch. 14.8 - What are algae? Are all algae seaweeds?Ch. 14.8 - How are seaweeds classified? Which seaweeds live...Ch. 14.8 - Give examples of marine flowering plants. Are they...Ch. 14.8 - Of what commercial importance are marine algae and...Ch. 14.9 - What is an extremophile?Ch. 14.9 - How are extremophiles thought to produce energy?Ch. 14.9 - Why cant larger multicellular organisms live in...Ch. 14 - What factors limit productivity? What methods have...Ch. 14 - What is compensation depth? What happens to...Ch. 14 - Where in the ocean is plankton productivity the...Ch. 14 - How does a nonvascular alga differ from a vascular...
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