Benthic communities of the Arctic Ocean

NOAA

Ocean Literacy Principles:

 OLP#5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.

Overview

In this activity, students will be able to identify major taxa that are dominant in deep benthic communities of the Arctic Ocean. Given distribution data for major taxa in different Arctic benthic communities, students will be able to identify patterns in the distribution of these taxa and infer plausible reasons for these patterns.

For more information:
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov

SUBJECTS: 
GRADES: 9-12
This lesson meets National Science Standards
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