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Primary Productivity in the Marine Environment
Fig. 13.5
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Primary productivity Energy is converted into organic matter
to be used by cellsPhotosynthesisPhotosynthesis using solar radiation○ 99.9% of marine life relies directly or indirectly
on photosynthesis for food
ChemosynthesisChemosynthesis using chemical reactions Happens in hydrothermal vents at bottom of ocean
with no light
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Remember, energy cannot be created or destroyed – it only changes form
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Let’s talk about energy Biological organisms need biochemical
processes to happen in an orderly fashion in order to maintain life○ Needs constant input of energy to maintain
that order○ Our cells need energy in form of ATP
ATP formed during cellular respirationNeed input of carbon (i.e. glucose) and oxygen for
cellular respirationThat carbon source and oxygen comes from
photosynthesis (primary productivity)
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Photosynthetic productivity Chemical reaction that stores solar
energy in organic molecules○ Photosynthetic organisms fix carbon and
energy from atmosphere- Also incorporate other elements and molecules
necessary for life (nitrogen, phosphorus, etc)- What do we need these for? For making proteins,
lipids, DNA, etc.
- Use some of that for their own energy source for life- Excess moves it’s way up the food chain
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Now we are going to revisit photosynthesis and cellular respiration
Remember, we are following electrons and protonsOIL RIG – Oxidize it loses, reduced it gains
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Photosynthesis – process of fixing carbon from the atmosphere into organic material that now has energy from the sun trapped in the bonds of the molecule
What is the chemical formula for photosynthesis?
Review this Prezi: http://prezi.com/2byn9gmriian/photosynthesis/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
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Cellular RespirationReview this Prezi:
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Is glucose the only molecule that can be broken down and oxidized during cellular respiration to gain energy?
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Measuring primary productivity Capture plankton
Plankton nets Ocean color
ChlorophyllChlorophyll colors seawaterSeaWiFs on satellite
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Factors affecting primary productivity NutrientsNutrients
Nitrate, phosphorous, iron, silicaNitrate, phosphorous, iron, silicaNeeded for bacteria and phytoplankton to make more
DNA, proteins, etc to make more of themselvesMost from river runoff
Productivity high along continental margins because of nutrient runoff
Solar radiationSolar radiationUppermost surface seawater and shallow seafloor are
most productive, need light!Euphotic zone surface to about 100 m (330 ft)
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Upwelling and nutrient supply
Cooler, deeper seawater nutrient-rich Areas of coastal upwelling sites of high
productivity
Fig. 13.6ahttp://cordellbank.noaa.gov/images/environment/
upwelling_470.jpg
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Light transmission
Visible light of the electromagnetic spectrum
Blue wavelengths penetrate deepest Longer wavelengths (red, orange)
absorbed first
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Light transmission in ocean Color of ocean ranges from deep
blue to yellow-green
Factors Water depth Turbidity from runoff Photosynthetic pigment
(chlorophyll)○ “dirty” water in coastal
areas, lagoons, etc. are areas of high productivity, lots of plankton (preventing that “blue” color)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/LightningVolt_Deep_Blue_Sea.jpg
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Types of photosynthetic marine organisms AngiospermsAngiosperms
Seed-bearing flowering plants, example is mangroves
Macroscopic (large) algaeMacroscopic (large) algaeLarger seaweeds, like kelpLarger seaweeds, like kelp
Microscopic (small) algaeMicroscopic (small) algaephytoplanktonphytoplankton
Photosynthetic bacteriaPhotosynthetic bacteria
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Macroscopic algae – “Seaweeds” Brown algaeBrown algae
http://www.starfish.ch/photos/plants-Pflanzen/Sargassum.jpg
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Green algaeGreen algae
Macroscopic algae – Macroscopic algae – “Seaweeds”“Seaweeds”
http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLspec/images/cbrachypus2.jpg
Caulerpa brachypus, an invasive species in the Indian River Lagoon
http://192.107.66.195/Buoy/System_Description_Codium_Fragile.jpg
Codium
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Macroscopic algae – “Seaweeds” Red algaeRed algae
Most abundant and most widespread of “seaweeds”
Varied colors
http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/MacroAlgae/information/Indentifying.shtml http://www.agen.ufl.edu/~chyn/age2062/lect/lect_15/22_14B.GIF
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Microscopic algae Produce food for 99% of
marine animals Most are planktonic -
phytoplankton
Golden algaeGolden algae DiatomsDiatoms (tests of silica)
○ Most abundant single-celled algae – 5600+ spp.
○ Silicate skeletons – pillbox or rod-shaped ooze
○ Some w/ sticky threads, spines slows sinking
www.bren.ucsb.edu/ facilities/MEIAF
http://biologi.uio.no/akv/forskning/mbot/images
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Microscopic algae
CoccolithophoresCoccolithophores (plates of ate)○ Flagellated○ calcium carbon plates possibly sunshades○ Coccolithid ooze fossilized in white cliffs of
Dover
http://www.esa.int/images
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Microscopic algae DinoflagellatesDinoflagellates
Mostly autotrophic; some heterotrophic or both Flagella in grooves for locomotion Many bioluminescent Often toxic when toxin is concentrated due to
bloom○ Red tides (algal blooms) fish kills (increase nutrients,
runoff)
http://www.hku.hk/ecology/porcupine/por24gif/Karenia-digitata.jpghttp://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/fisheries/images/red_tide_bloom_1.jpg
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Microscopic algae DinoflagellatesDinoflagellates
Pfiesteria found in temperate coastal waters Ciguatera - illness caused from eating fish coated with
Gambierdiscus toxicus Paralytic, diarhetic, amnesic shellfish poisoning
Pfiesteria
http://www.odu.edu/sci/biology/pfiesteria
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Photosynthetic bacteria Cyanobacteria – many different species Extremely small May be responsible for half of total
photosynthetic biomass in oceans
http://silicasecchidisk.conncoll.edu/Pics/Other%20Algae/Blue_Green%20jpegs/Gloeocapsa_Key45.jpg
Gleocapsa
http://www.micrographia.com/specbiol/bacteri/bacter/bact0200/anabae03.jpg
Anabaena
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Regional primary productivity Varies from very low to very high
depending onDistribution of nutrientsDistribution of nutrientsSeasonal changes in solar radiationSeasonal changes in solar radiation
About 90% of surface biomass decomposed in surface ocean
About 10% sinks to deeper oceanOnly 1% organic matter not decomposed in
deep ocean reaches bottomBiological pump (CO2 and nutrients to sea floor
sediments)
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Temperate ocean productivity
Seasonal variation with temperature/light/nutrients Winter:
○ High winter winds mixing of sediments/plankton○ Low light & few phytoplankton nutrients increase
Spring: ○ Phytoplankton blooms with more light, nutrients○ Bloom continues until…
Nutrients run out Herbivores eat enough phytoplankton
Summer: often low production due to lack of nutrients
Fall: Often second bloom, as winds bring up nutrients
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Polar ocean productivity Winter darkness Summer sunlight (sometimes 24 hours/day)
Phytoplankton (diatoms) bloom Zooplankton (mainly small crustaceans) productivity
follows HIGH PRODUCTIVITY!! Example
Arctic Ocean
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Tropical ocean productivity Permanent thermocline is barrier to vertical mixing Low rate of primary productivity (lack of nutrients)
above thermocline○ That’s why tropical waters tend to be clear and blue
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Tropical ocean productivity Productivity in tropical ocean is lower than
that of polar oceans That’s why tropical oceans look clear Tropical oceans are deserts with some high
areas of sporadic productivity (oasis). Examples of these areas are:
Equatorial upwellingEquatorial upwellingCoastal upwelling (river runoff, etc.)Coastal upwelling (river runoff, etc.)
Coral reefsCoral reefs
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Energy flow in marine ecosystems ConsumersConsumers eat other organisms
Herbivores (primary consumers)CarnivoresOmnivoresBacteriovores
DecomposersDecomposers breaking down dead organisms or waste products
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Nutrient flow in marine ecosystems
Nutrients cycled from one chemical form to another
BiogeochemicalBiogeochemical cyclingExample, nutrients fixed
by producersPassed onto consumersSome nutrients released
to seawater through decomposers
Nutrients can be recycled through upwelling
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Feeding strategies Suspension feeding or filter feedingSuspension feeding or filter feeding
Take in seawater and filter out usable organic matter
Deposit feedingDeposit feedingTake in detritus and sediment and
extract usable organic matter Carnivorous feedingCarnivorous feeding
Organisms capture and eat other animals
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Trophic levels Feeding stage is trophic leveltrophic level
Chemical energy is transferred from producers to consumers
On average, about 10% of energy is transferred to next trophic level
Much of the energy is lost as heat
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Food chain Food web Primary producer Herbivore One or more
carnivores
Branching network of many consumers
Consumers more likely to survive with alternative food sources
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http://users.aber.ac.uk/pmm1
• Food webs are more complex & more realistic• Consumers often operate at two or more
levels
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Commercial fishing
Most tonnage from continental shelves and coastal fisheries, compared to open ocean fisheries
Over 20% of catch from areas of upwelling that make up 0.1% of ocean surface area
Fig. 13.23
Marine fisheries
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Overfishing Taking more fish than is sustainable over long
periods Remaining fish younger, smaller About 30% of fish stocks depleted or overfished About 47% fished at biological limit
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Aquaculture becoming a more significant component of world fisheries
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Incidental catch or bycatch BycatchBycatch - - Non-commercial
species (or juveniles of commercial species) taken incidentally by commercial fishers
Bycatch may be 25% or 800% of commercial fishBirds, turtles, dolphins,
sharks
http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2006/03/bycatch_265x181.jpg
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Incidental catch or bycatch Technology to help reduce
bycatchDolphin-safe tunaTEDs – turtle exclusion devices
Driftnets or gill nets banned in 1989 Gill nets banned in Florida by
constitutional amendment in 1994
http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st4/images/TurtTEDBlu_small.jpg
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Fisheries management Regulate fishing
Closings – Cod fisheries of New England
SeasonsSize limits○ Minimum size limits –
protects juveniles, less effective
○ Min/max size (slot) limits – preserves juvs and larger adults (contribute most reproductive effort)
http://www.cefas.co.uk/media/70062/fig10b.gif
http://www.cefas.co.uk/media/70037/fig7b.gif
Plaice
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Fisheries management Conflicting interests
Conservation vs. economic – “tragedy of the commons”
Self-sustaining marine ecosystems
Human employmentInternational watersEnforcement difficult
“Tragedy of the commons” – All participants must agree to conserve the commons, but any one can force the destruction of the commons http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/380993834_09864a282c.jpg
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Fisheries management Consumer choices in seafood Consume and purchase
seafood from healthy, thriving fisheriesExamples, farmed seafood,
Alaska salmon
Avoid overfished or depleted seafoodExamples, bluefin tuna, shark,
shrimp, swordfishVisit: ORCA's Blue Diet page
http://marineresearch.ca/hawaii/wp-content/uploads/tuna-auction-largeview.jpg
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Figure 13.28