Oceanography and Hydrology Question
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Match the term in the first column with its meaning in the second column.
| __ | Phytoplankton | A. | Heterotrophic or detritivorous microscopic invertebrate animals that drift in the water. |
| __ | Dinoflagellate | B. | Dinoflagellates found in fresh and marine waters with two flagella often cause red tide |
| __ | Gonyaulax | C. | Algae that grow on the sediment at the bottom of a body of water |
| __ | Red tide | D. | Animal phylum with exoskeletons, often covered with spines and radical symmetry (sea stars, urchins, cucumbers, and sand dollars.) |
| __ | Benthic algae | E. | Group of autotrophic protista found in the ocean that move using a whiplike projection |
| __ | Echinodermata | F. | Tiny autotrophic organisms that float in the ocean and serve as the foundation of the marine food chain. |
| __ | Haloplankton | G. | Small aquatic animals that form moss-like or branching colonies |
| __ | Zooplankton | H. | Organisms that spend their entire lives as plankton. |
| __ | Gastropod | I. | Mollusks with a single coiled shell, muscular foot, and eyes and feelers (snail, limpets, slugs) |
| __ | Bryozoans | J. | Common name for such a phenomenon where certain phytoplankton "bloom" such that the water appears to be color red. Most often not harmful. |