"mesocosms" - 1 õppematerjal

Deep sea

considered to be very delicate and it needs to be protected. All these animals live in saltwater habitats. They live in or near rock pools, the ocean, beaches, mangroves and sand dunes. Deep sea plants Deep sea plants provide food, vegetation for other inhabitants by offering a favorable environment for microfauna and other sea organisms to develop. The microfauna are eaten by fish and other sea inhabitants. Phytoplankton-Deep sea plant that are growing in the experimental mesocosms. Under the microscope they are not much to look at ­look like small blobs. They grow rapidly, each cell divide into 2. Phytoplankton the deep sea plant growth is often described as `exponential' 1 cell divides in to 2, 2 cells divide into 4and so on. Therefore phytoplankton populations grow quickly also called as `phytoplankton bloom' and the numbers of phytoplankton will increase until there are no nutrients left in the water. Some facts *It's deep: average depth of ocean is 3,800 m;