Marine Ecology
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The ocean is vast. Dive in to explore this dynamic and integral part of our world!
Surprisingly, it has only been in this last century that we have begun to learn about the importance of our oceans. Even with our modern technology and engineering capabilities, we have only explored roughly 5% of our world’s oceans. Given the enormity and complexity of the oceans, it takes many experts across many different fields to build our web of knowledge.
Marine ecology, the study of interactions between marine organisms and their environment, is a broad and exciting field that captures our curiosity. Dive in to explore the ocean and discover how you are connected to the ecology of marine ecosystems!
Marine Ecology, will help you understand that:
- the ocean is made up of many different ecosystems with different characteristics.
- ocean life has evolved into an incredible diversity of organisms.
- physical components of the ocean, such as characteristics of water, temperature, salinity, and currents, impact living things.
- there are many natural and human impacts on our ocean.
- humans can influence the health of our ocean.
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