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A: Anadromous fishes are born in freshwater. They spend most of the time in salt water but they return…

Q: The device in the image is used to collect which of the following: Group of answer choices infauna…

A: Soil sieves are instruments that have a variety of uses. One of their uses is to collect sea animals…

Q: The amount of light in the epipelagic zone?

A: Introduction The Epipelagic zone is the uppermost layer, which is located between the surface and…

Q: What factors might account for the fact that the vast majority of atols occur in the Indian and…

A: Atolls are ring-shaped coral reefs, islands, or a series of islets. They are formed from the coral…

Q: Explain the ecological importance of copepods to marine and freshwater ecosystems.

A: The members of phylum Arthropoda are collectively referred to as arthropods. Segmented body, the…

Q: How do clams feed and why are they called bivalves?

A: Bivalves are the Mollusks (such as clams, oysters, scallops, mussels etc) and they have a two-part…

Q: Bivalves are often used as indicators of environmental quality. Based on your knowledge of bivalve…

A: Introduction Scallops, clams, mussels, and oysters are all classified as bivalve. Their name comes…

Q: Other than feeding and reproduction, could you suggest other possible reasons why marine fishes…

A: Marine fish migration is a complex behavior that involves movement from one habitat to another.…

Q: My question is describe the functions in a clam and compare the external features of the clam to the…

A: Clam (Bivalvia) is a generic term for a variety of bivalve mollusks. These freshwater and marine…

Q: Sea pens are distinctly different from sea anemones in that sea pens are solitary, while anemones…

A: Sea pens and sea anemones are marine organisms belonging to the phylum Cnidaria but they belong to…

Q: What features of Lumbricus indicate that it is an annelid?

A: The phylum Annelida consists of worms like the ring worms, earthworms and segmented worms. They have…

Q: How do marine birds rid themselves of excess salt?

A: Marine birds or Sea birds are the birds that have adaptations required to survive in the marine…

Q: the industrial and commercial importance of earthworms.

A: Earthworms are segmented worms that belong to the phylum Annelida. These are the common inhabitants…

Q: Why do fish not survive outside water?

A: Fish are animals that live in the water. They do not have limbs, instead of limbs they have fins…

Q: What processes do the kelp perform to make their food molecules and break them down for energy?

A: Plants can make their own food molecules such as sucrose by fixing carbon dioxide and using sun…

Q: How many eggs does each female oyster produce each year?

A: Oyster is the common name for a number of salt-water bivalve mollusk families that live in marine or…

Q: How have reefs changed through time?

A: Coral reefs are underwater ecosystem formed by the colonies of polyp of coelenterates. The reefs are…

Q: What is the function of the snail shell used by the hermit crabs? Do you think it could survive…

A: Hermit crabs, distributed worldwide, occur in coastal waters with sandy or muddy bottoms, and…

Q: Describe the life cycle of sea lampreys, Petromyzon marinus, and the history of their invasion of…

A: Introduction  Petromyzon comes under the taxa cyclostomes which means round mouth. Cyclostomes…

Q: Describe the life cycle of freshwater eels. How does the life cycle of American eels differ from…

A: Eels are ray-finned fishes that belong to the order Anguilliformes. They consist of 8 suborders, 19…

Q: Why coral reefs are found on the eastern coast of india and tamil nadu and not found in andra…

A: Corals are marine invertebrates that belong to the Phylum Cnidarians. They mostly live as colonies…

Q: With the aid of figure , discuss on survivorship ciurve

A: A survivorship curve is a graph showing the number or proportion of individuals surviving to each…

Q: features of ecological importance of sea lamprey

A: Sea lampreys resemble eels in shape, but lack paired fins and jaws, and have a cartilaginous, rather…

Q: What challenges do sea anemones face in their habit?

A: Sea anemones are found in both profound seas/ oceans and shallow coastal waters around the world.…

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A: The living world is made up of all the living organisms constituting cells and belonging to…

Q: What is the symmetry of this organism? What is the lifestyle of the organism (crayfish) in the…

A: Crayfish Crayfish belongs to the crustacean animals a group of arthropods. They are water animal and…

Q: Name the organisms which causes red tide in sea.

A: Alveolates are a major group of protists. The characteristic feature of the alveolates is the…

Q: What is the impact of coral bleaching on biological diversity in marine ecosystems?

A: Introduction The Corals are a group of invertebrate animals that live in the marine environment.…

Q: Why do we have to use special techniques for the recovery of pinworm eggs? What is the importance of…

A: Pin worm  is an intestinal parasite which is a nematode. Itching during the night in a child's…

Q: Corals are very temperature sensitive. What is the range of the temperatures between which the…

A: Corals are marine invertebrates within the class anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically…

Q: What is the number and types of lamprey species that are present in the Great lakes?

A: ANSWER;- 1. 5 number present in the Great lakes. Many people believe the obtrusive ocean lamprey is…

Q: What symbiotic relationship do sharks and coral reef have?

A: The depends of two different species on each other is known as symbiosis. This kind of relationship…

Q: What is the lifestyle of the organism (ammonite) in the  photo? (Select all that apply) (Hint:…

A: Ammonites are an extinct group of organisms. They are also known as ammonoid and belong to the group…

Q: Which sea urchin larvae below is best suited for tropical waters? A Ο Α B

A: The spongy, globular Echinoderms belong to the class Echinoidea known as sea urchin. They are…

Q: Clams are a type of...

A: Molluscs, or mollusks, are the largest marine phylum. Molluscs are filter-feeding invertebrates that…

Q: Is coral have a skelton composed of calcium carbonate how?

A: Introduction: Corals are colorful invertebrates belonging to a group Anthozoa under phylum Cnidaria.…

Q: What animals are Omnivores in the Epipelagic Zone

A: There are five different zones of oceans that begin from the surface to the deep seafloor. They are…

Q: How was Nile Perch introduced to Ohio?

A: Nile perch is a large freshwater fish, belonging to the family Centropomidae and it is originally…

Microbes

Microbes are microscopic living organisms that can only be detected with the help of specialized laboratory equipment called a microscope. These living organisms are so small that they are not visible to the naked eye.