Fig. 1.6. OLP 5. A deep coral reef on Pearl and Hermes Atoll, which is about 2,000 km northwest of Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Image courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Service
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OLP 5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems
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Ocean life ranges in size from the smallest living things, microbes, to the largest animal on Earth, the blue whale. The ocean provides a vast living space with diverse and unique ecosystems from the surface, through the water column, and down to and below the seafloor. For example, coral organisms facilitate an exceptionally biodiverse ecosystem (Fig. 1.6).
OLP 5.A Ocean life ranges in size from the smallest living things, microbes, to the largest animal on Earth, the blue whale.
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<p>Ocean life ranges in size from the smallest living things, microbes, to the largest animal on Earth, the blue whale.</p>
OLP 5.A
<p>Ocean life ranges in size from the smallest living things, microbes, to the largest animal on Earth, the blue whale.</p>
OLP 5.A
<p>Ocean life ranges in size from the smallest living things, microbes, to the largest animal on Earth, the blue whale.</p>
OLP 5.A
<p>Ocean life ranges in size from the smallest living things, microbes, to the largest animal on Earth, the blue whale.</p>
OLP 5.A
<p>Ocean life ranges in size from the smallest living things, microbes, to the largest animal on Earth, the blue whale.</p>
OLP 5.A
<p>Ocean life ranges in size from the smallest living things, microbes, to the largest animal on Earth, the blue whale.</p>
OLP 5.C Most of the major groups that exist on Earth are found exclusively in the ocean, and the diversity of major groups of organisms is much greater in the ocean than on land.
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<p>Most of the major groups that exist on Earth are found exclusively in the ocean, and the diversity of major groups of organisms is much greater in the ocean than on land.</p>
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<p>Most of the major groups that exist on Earth are found exclusively in the ocean, and the diversity of major groups of organisms is much greater in the ocean than on land.</p>
OLP 5.C
<p>Most of the major groups that exist on Earth are found exclusively in the ocean, and the diversity of major groups of organisms is much greater in the ocean than on land.</p>
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<p>Most of the major groups that exist on Earth are found exclusively in the ocean, and the diversity of major groups of organisms is much greater in the ocean than on land.</p>
OLP 5.D Ocean biology provides many unique examples of life cycles, adaptations, and important relationships among organisms (symbiosis, predator-prey dynamics, and energy transfer) that do not occur on land.
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<p>Ocean biology provides many unique examples of life cycles, adaptations, and important relationships among organisms (symbiosis, predator-prey dynamics, and energy transfer) that do not occur on land.</p>
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<p>Ocean biology provides many unique examples of life cycles, adaptations, and important relationships among organisms (symbiosis, predator-prey dynamics, and energy transfer) that do not occur on land.</p>
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<p>Ocean biology provides many unique examples of life cycles, adaptations, and important relationships among organisms (symbiosis, predator-prey dynamics, and energy transfer) that do not occur on land.</p>
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<p>Ocean biology provides many unique examples of life cycles, adaptations, and important relationships among organisms (symbiosis, predator-prey dynamics, and energy transfer) that do not occur on land.</p>
OLP 5.E The ocean provides a vast living space with diverse and unique ecosystems from the surface, through the water column, and down to and below the seafloor. Most of the living space on Earth is in the ocean.
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<p>The ocean provides a vast living space with diverse and unique ecosystems from the surface, through the water column, and down to and below the seafloor. Most of the living space on Earth is in the ocean.</p>
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