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Marine Biology Basics

Ocean ecosystems, marine organisms, and marine biology facts.

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Deepest ocean trench on Earth
Mariana Trench
What forms a coral reef
Partnership of coral animals and symbiotic zooxanthellae algae
Photosynthetic algae living inside coral
Zooxanthellae
Fastest fish in the ocean
Sailfish
Percentage of atmospheric oxygen from ocean sources
Approximately 50%
Light production and emission by organisms
Bioluminescence
Ocean layer where sunlight penetrates
Photic zone
Ocean layer receiving no sunlight
Aphotic zone
Dense underwater forest of giant kelp
Kelp forest
Mesopelagic zone is also called the
Twilight zone
Largest whale species
Blue whale
Primary food for baleen whales
Krill and plankton
Crab that lives in abandoned shells
Hermit crab
Largest fish species alive
Whale shark
Navigation using emitted sound waves
Echolocation

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