Marine Biogeography
ECOL 438
Marine BiogeographyECOL 438
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bathymitry
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/
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Ocean Surface Topography
http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/aviso/graphics/general/discover/planet/planet-test.htm
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Average Wind Speed
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/clim/glbcir.shtml
climate
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Semipermanent features of atmospheric circulation
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Semipermanent features guide storms
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Wave Height
http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/global.html
animation
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Sea Surface Temperature
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/sst.html
El Niņo
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Biotic Regions
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Right Whale
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Pilot Whale
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Coral Diversity
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Coral Reef Fish Diversity
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Mangrove Diversity http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/southflorida/mangrove/distribution.html
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Salinity - September
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/dees/ees/climate/
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Density - Temperature & Salinity
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Water Mass Mixing
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Upwelling and Downwelling
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Upwelling
Offshore WindsWinds from North (northern hemisphere) Winds from South (southern hemisphere)
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Nitrate
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/dees/ees/climate/slides/ant_no3.gif
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Water Masses of Deep Circulation
NADWNorth Atlantic Deep Water salty cold AAIW Antarctic Intermediate Water oxygenated AABW Antarctic Bottom Water salty very cold [+]
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Thermohaline Circulation NADW
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Productivity (Chlolophyll)
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Biotic Zones
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Lacustrine Habitats
Bog Succession
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Ocean Basin Geography
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Stratification
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Diversity Patterns:typically diversity increases with productivitypolluted freshwater habitats are exceptions  Sanders, H.L. 1968. Marine benthic diversity: A comparative study. American Naturalist 102: 243-282.
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Benthic & Freshwater:
typically
diversity is greatest in tropicsIntertidal: diversity decreases toward the high-tide line
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Marine Diversity PatternsPelagic Environments:typically diversity decreases with depth diversity & productivity (upwelling) Benthic Organisms may be exceptions (stability of continental slopes) 
Day, D.S. and Pearcy, W.G. 1968. Species associations of benthic fishes on
the continental shelf and slope off Oregon.
Journal Fisheries Res. Board Canada 25: 2665-2675.Rex, M.A. 1981. Community structure in the deep-sea benthos. Annual Rev. Ecology Systematics 12: 331-354. |
Ocean TidesRocky Point Range 6 m. http://www.rptimes.com/tide_chart.html
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Tide Patterns
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Global Tide Pattern
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Coastal Ecosystems
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River Deltas
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Salton Sea
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Sea of Cortez
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Exotic Species
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