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On successfully completing this course students will be able to: 1. Summarize the major physical aspects of the oceans (salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, pH), how each one varies or does not vary, and how each one affects marine life (geographically and/or seasonally). 2. Compare and contrast marine benthic communities in tropical, polar, and deep-sea marine environments. 3. Describe basic adaptations that occur in marine pelagic organisms to facilitate buoyancy, migrations, and reproduction. 4. Recognize the major pieces of oceanographic equipment, what each one samples or measures, and what the sample or measurement can tell about the ocean. |
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