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Sampling the Vast Diversity of Sea Life
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9 Sections
45 Lessons
10 Weeks
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Chapter 7: Getting to Know the Mighty Microbes
3
1.1
Meeting the Marine Microbes
10 mins
1.2
Recognizing the Importance of Microbes
10 mins
1.3
Looking at the Relationship between Microbes and Plankton
10 mins
Chapter 8: Sorting Out Algae, Seaweed, and Other Aquatic Vegetation
4
2.1
All You Need to Know about Algae, and Then Some
10 mins
2.2
Shoring Up the Shoreline with Mangroves
10 mins
2.3
Not Your Typical Lawn: Seagrass
10 mins
2.4
Checking Out What’s Growing in the Salt Marshes
10 mins
Chapter 9: Getting the Lowdown on Simple Invertebrates
5
3.1
Sponges and Other Holy Creatures: The Porifera
10 mins
3.2
Jellyfish, Anemones, and Other Notable Cnidarians
10 mins
3.3
Ctenophora (Comb Jellies)
10 mins
3.4
Starfish, Urchins, and Other Famous Echinoderms
10 mins
3.5
Squirmy Wormies: The Annelids
10 mins
Chapter 10: Getting Mushy over Mollusks
4
4.1
Meet the Mother of All Mollusks
10 mins
4.2
Gastropods: Putting Their One Foot Forward
10 mins
4.3
Bivalves: Parts One and Two
10 mins
4.4
Cephalopods: Head and Tentacles Above the Rest
10 mins
Chapter 11: Wearing Their Skeletons on the Outside: Crustaceans
7
5.1
What Makes a Crustacean a Crustacean?
10 mins
5.2
The Shrimpy Crustaceans: Branchiopoda
10 mins
5.3
Real Softies: Malacostraca (Soft-Shell Crustaceans)
10 mins
5.4
A New Twist on Putting Your Foot in Your Mouth: Maxillopoda
10 mins
5.5
Crustacean Cave Dwellers: The Remipedia
10 mins
5.6
Ostracoda
10 mins
5.7
What about Horseshoe Crabs?
10 mins
Chapter 12: Getting Chummy with Fish: Bony and Otherwise
3
6.1
Look Ma, No Jaw! Agnatha
10 mins
6.2
Look Pa, No Bones! Chondrichthyes
10 mins
6.3
Check Out the Bones! Osteichthyes
10 mins
Chapter 13: Meeting a Few Marine Reptiles
4
7.1
Everybody’s Favorite: Sea Turtles
10 mins
7.2
Will the Real Sea Serpent Please Slither Forward?
10 mins
7.3
The Only Lizard to Make the Cut: Marine Iguanas
10 mins
7.4
Saltwater Crocodiles
10 mins
Chapter 14: Bird Watching in and Near the Ocean
10
8.1
Knowing What Makes a Bird a Shorebird or a Seabird
10 mins
8.2
Flying Way Below the Radar: Penguins
10 mins
8.3
Going Loony
10 mins
8.4
Courting Grebes
10 mins
8.5
Tubular, Dude! Albatross, Petrels, Shearwaters, and Fulmars
10 mins
8.6
Pelicans and Other Pelecaniformes
10 mins
8.7
Phaethontidae — Tropicbirds
10 mins
8.8
Sea Ducks and Geese: The Saltwater Variety
10 mins
8.9
A Curious Mix: The Charadriiformes
10 mins
8.10
Ospreys, Herons, Flamingos, and Other Seaside Attractions
10 mins
Chapter 15: Getting Warm and Fuzzy with Marine Mammals
5
9.1
What Makes Marine Mammals So Special?
10 mins
9.2
Getting Acquainted with the Cetaceans: Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises
10 mins
9.3
Swimming with the Sirenians: Manatees and Dugongs
10 mins
9.4
Seals, Walruses, and Other Pinnipeds
10 mins
9.5
Stepping Out with the Marine Fissipeds
10 mins
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