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Planktology, the Glossary

Planktology is the study of plankton, various small drifting plants, animals and microorganisms that inhabit bodies of water.^[1]

25 relations: Biological oceanography, Biological pump, Carbon, Carbon cycle, Carbon sink, Climate change, Ecosystem, Energy flow (ecology), Gotthilf Hempel, In situ, Karl Banse, Long-term Ecosystem Observatory, Marine biology, Microorganism, Ocean, Online and offline, Paul Falkowski, Photic zone, Plankton, Primary production, Research, Uwe Kils, Victor Hensen, Vivienne Cassie Cooper, Water.
Subfields of zoology

Biological oceanography

Biological oceanography is the study of how organisms affect and are affected by the physics, chemistry, and geology of the oceanographic system.

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The biological pump (or ocean carbon biological pump or marine biological carbon pump) is the ocean's biologically driven sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere and land runoff to the ocean interior and seafloor sediments.

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Carbon

Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.

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Carbon cycle

The carbon cycle is that part of the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of Earth.

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Carbon sink

A carbon sink is a natural or artificial carbon sequestration process that "removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere".

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.

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Energy flow (ecology)

Energy flow is the flow of energy through living things within an ecosystem.

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Gotthilf Hempel

Gotthilf Hempel (born March 8, 1929) is a German marine biologist and oceanographer.

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In situ

In situ (often not italicized in English) is a Latin phrase that translates literally to "on site" or "in position." It can mean "locally", "on site", "on the premises", or "in place" to describe where an event takes place and is used in many different contexts.

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Karl Banse

Karl A. Banse, born 1929 in Koeningsberg, Germany, is an American oceanographer, marine biologist, and professor emeritus at the University of Washington.

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Long-term Ecosystem Observatory

The Long-term Ecological Observatory (LEO) is a project off the coast of New Jersey, United States, which monitors the processes in the ocean with online IT systems, spearheaded by the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University.

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Marine biology

Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms that inhabit the sea.

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Microorganism

A microorganism, or microbe, is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from sixth century BC India. The scientific study of microorganisms began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Anton van Leeuwenhoek.

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Ocean

The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx.

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Online and offline

In computer technology and telecommunications, online indicates a state of connectivity, and offline indicates a disconnected state.

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Paul Falkowski

Paul G. Falkowski (born 1951) is an American biological oceanographer in the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

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Photic zone

The photic zone (or euphotic zone, epipelagic zone, or sunlight zone) is the uppermost layer of a body of water that receives sunlight, allowing phytoplankton to perform photosynthesis.

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Plankton

Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in water (or air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against currents (or wind).

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