Karla's+Ocean+Biome

= OCEAN BIOME...... = 


 * MAPS AND DIAGRAMS: **
 *  ........(Filitheyo Island Resort)......(Diagram of animals and ocean heights)......(Map of earth showing oceans).......... **

 **.......(Ocean levels shown in a cross section)......**  **Plants: ** The plants that live there are Seaweed, Coral, Kelp, Moss, Shaving brush plant. ** DIFFERENT HABITATS FOUND THERE: **** The different habitats that live there are coral for small fish and shrimp, and rocks for crabs and shrimp. For some animals at the very bottom of the sea is their habitat like stingrays and whales because they spent most of their time at the very bottom of the ocean. Others habitats are just above the surface of the ocean like most dolphins and some fish. Some sharks, octopuses, walruses, seals, sea lions and otters like to spend most of their time in between the sea weed. MY FOUR OCEAN ANIMALS: (What is it's habitat?, What they eat?, What eats them?) ****Turtles: ** · A turtles habitat is usually not too deep but not too shallow and they usually stay around the coral reef areas where they find most of their food, or the ocean floor where they find plants to eat and some other food. · They survive on fish, crayfish, insects, aquatic plants. To get the fish they stay near the coral reef areas to where most of the fish are found, to get crayfish they go to the ocean floor where the crayfish are found beneath the sand, and aquatic plants which are near the coral reefs or the ocean floor. · Older turtles have less predators than younger or baby turtles because of their size and the size of the predator. The turtle’s worst predators are sharks, crocodiles, alligators, and whales. **Fish: ** · The habitat for fish can be anywhere around the ocean weather it's just above the ocean surface or deep down on the ocean floor depending on what type the fish is. · Fish survive on other fish depending on what size the fish is. They are lower in the food chain as they can’t eat other animals. They eat krill, seaweed, coral, shrimp, moss, algae, and kelp. · Depending on what size the fish is and the type the fish is, different animals like too prey on different fish. They are eaten by many of the marine animals, as they are bigger and higher in the food chain. **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Starfish: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);"> · The habitat for starfish is usually on rocks or on sand. The reason why they don't have many habitats is because they have many suction cups on each of the arms and they need a place for them to stick on. · Starfish survive on algae, moss and seaweed. They can’t eat many things because they are lower in the food chain like other little animals at the bottom of the food chain that can’t eat many things. · Because the starfish is towards the bottom of the food chain many animals like to prey on them. These are Crab, Shark, Betta, Mollie, Jellyfish, salmon, leeches. **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Seahorse: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);"> · Seahorses are found in the warmer waters in the ocean. They like to stay near the shallow waters near the coastline because that’s where they find their food. · A seahorse preys on shrimp and tiny fish because if they aren't little the seahorse wouldn't be able to eat them. They also eat plankton because it is very small and easy for it to eat. · They are eaten by crabs, stingrays and fish such as tuna and other big fish. They are little, which means they are towards the bottom of the food chain and have many predators above them in the food chain.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">ANIMALS, PLANTS AND MICROBES THAT LIVE THERE: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Animals: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">The animals that live there are Fish,Turtles, Crabs, Sharks, Dolphines, Whales, Stingrays, Pawns, Octopusses, Krill, Eels, Shelfish, Jellyfish, Lobsters, Seals, Walrusses, Sea otters, Sea lions, Squid, Starfish, Shrimp, Seahorse, Crayfish.
 * Microbes:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">The microbes that are found there are P <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">lankton, Sea Anenomies, Alge.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"> **ABIOTIC FACTORS OF THIS BIOME:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(158, 65, 216); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">The water temperature for this ocean biome may vary. In some areas of the ocean it can be really cold for example Antarctica and places that provide ice. On the other hand the water temperature can be very hot if they are close to the equator because it is hot all year round. On the very bottom of the ocean floor is a very thick layer of sand. This is made by the sea crashing against the rock which brings back sand into the ocean forming sand. The amount of sand keeps rising bit by bit. Depe <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">nding on how shallo <span style="color: rgb(158, 65, 216); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">w the water is the sand height may vary.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">**WHERE SIMILAR BIOMES EXIST IN THE WORLD:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">There are three biomes that revolve around the ocean. They are the tropical oceans, temperate oceans, and the shorelines. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Tropical Oceans:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">**<span style="color: rgb(158, 65, 216); font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">This part of the ocean biome is the tropical ocean. It's main feature is the coral reef. It has all different types of animals, plants, sea anenomies and most of all coral to other tropical oceans of this biome. Throughout the whole world 600,000 square miles is coral reef and are habitats for more than 500,000 species. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> **<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Temperate Oceans:** This part of the ocean biome is far out into the open sea. It has no coral reefs and isn't any where near the shorelines. There you can find many fascinating creatures that you may not find in other parts of the sea. This can be a home to one of the smallest creatures on earth (plankton), and the largest creature on earth (blue whale).
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Shorelines: <span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">This part of the ocean biome is where the ocean meets the island. It is very shallow and mostly small animals live there because if they were big the water height would be too shallow for the animal to live in. Plants and animals that live here call this the transition zone home because they have interesting adaptions. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">**THREATS TO THIS BIOME AND MEMBERS TO THE COMMUNITY: <span style="color: rgb(158, 65, 216); font-weight: normal;"> **<span style="color: rgb(158, 65, 216); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**The threats to this ocean biome:** <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">Whaling <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">Pollution <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">Over-fishing <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">Oil spills <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">Climate changes <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">Spearing animals <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">Factory fishing <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">Bottom trawling <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">Global warming <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">Bycatch <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">Fish farming <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);">· Pirate fishing <span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> **Members of the community:** **<span style="color: rgb(158, 65, 216); font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 10pt;">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Marine biologists · <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Aquariums · <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Scientists <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 10pt;">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Global community monitor ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(158, 65, 216);"> [] [] [] [] [] [] [|http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/seahorse.htm] [] [] [|http://www.nikon.com/about/feelnikon/light/chap02/img/sec02_p02.jpg] [] [] [] [] [] [] **
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