Provide two reasons why marine habitat classification is useful to marine scientists.

*Marine biology question* Discuss the concept of “Maximum Sustainable Yield” and the assumptions behind this concept.

define  primary consumer, plankton, and benthos

Explain the importance of biodiversity to ecosystems and society.

What are ethical concerns or controversies surrounding deep ecology?

Explain the process of biological magnification using a real hypothetical ecosystem to illustrate the process.

The resource page discusses an increasing threat of nuisance flooding in North Carolina. To understand what nuisance flooding is, you have to have a basic understanding of tides. How are tides generated and propagated around ocean basins? Explain how the factors that control tides change over the course of one month and tie that back to the problems with nuisance flooding. Please be sure to reference your article (include information about it) in your answer and define any scientific terms your audience may not know.

Most marine biologists hypothesize that space, not food, limits populations in the rocky intertidal. What kind of experiments could be performed to test this hypothesis?