Upwelling Zones and Euphausia Tenera

The Euphausia Tenera is a Zooplankton in which holds a unique characteristic trait with in its habitat of the Upwelling Zone. The Tenera has the second longs depth variant of major zooplankton within the Upwelling Zone. The Tenera move from a depth of about 320 meters during the day to a depth of 100 meters during the night.

Escribano, Rubén. "Gayana (Concepción) - Zooplankton Interactions with the Oxygen Minimum Zone in the Eastern South Pacific." SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online. Universidad De Concepción, 2011. Web. 23 Feb. 2011. .

This proves that the Upwelling Zone is a especially unique marine ecosystem. As organism and Biomasses are able to use the variability in depth to survive and live in different levels of the habitat. Making it prime for marine life.

"Ocean Upwelling." Windows to the Universe. NOAA, 18 Sept. 2008. Web. 23 Feb. 2011. .

Norwich GL111 Term Project Introductions

As part of our Introduction to Oceanography class this Spring 2011 semester at Norwich University, our group will be researching and presenting on plants and animals that live in an ecosystem called an 'Upwelling Zone'. 

We have four group members: 
_name_, _name_, _name_, and _name_

Each member of our group will be reporting on a different marine organism that lives in the upwelling zone ecosystem. One will be a zooplankton, one a phytoplankton, one a marine invertebrate, and one a marine vertebrate. 

As part of an integrated approach, we will be researching how our organisms interact with the other aspects of the ocean system (geological, physical, and chemical).

***Note to groups:

Once you have accepted the invitation to join this blog, I will check back and grant you admin permissions, you will then be able to edit this post to include your name in one of the placeholders above. (You will also all be able to edit the same post - to add your individual information -- for future assignments).

Your next task is to comment on this post (after you click 'publish post', then click 'view post' and a comment box will be available). Your comment should introduce yourself in more detail, say what you would like, but be sure to at least include your year and major. Also say which marine organism you will be investigating.

Finally, the last person to add should delete these instructions.