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==**__ Cope pods          __**==
 * Copepods are a small group of Crustaceans found in the sea in nearly every freshwater habitat. Many spieces are planktonic. They may live in limno - terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall, in wet forests, bogs, springs, ephemeral ponds and puddles, damp moss, and water filled recesses. **

Ocean Pollution
==** In ** ** the marine ecosystem, two of the biggest threats are pollution and oil. These days there are a lot of careless people who just use the ocean as a trash can. The animals think that the trash is food and eat it. Then it eventually chokes them and they die! This makes the animal population slowly go down. Or if there is any waste left on the beach, it gets washed into the sea. Oil spilling is another harmful threat to the ocean. A lot of times there are accidental spills of oil into the water. Also, oil tankers use the sea to clean and wash their tanks. This means all the leftover oil is disposed into the ocean. **==

__Dolphins Under threat__
**Even though it is illegal to hunt dolphins, many of them get killed each year. Since dolphins are mammals, they have to come up to the surface to breathe. Because of this, they often get caught in fishing nets. We need to help this by watching where we put our nets in the ocean. It is very sad because these cute creatures are slowly becoming endangered.**

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__How to save the Ocean__ ** · **Join an underwater cleaning team- you can help clean the ocean with your friends! ** · ** Obviously you can stop eating seafood to save the creatures in the sea. ** · **Find a trash can instead of throwing waste onto the beach because it gets washed into the water.** · **Make sure not to leave any loose items on the beach.** · **Leave the ocean and nature alone. Let it be!**

**Seaweed **

== Seaweed is a type of algae. It does not have any contact to the ground. It also does not have flowers, stems or anything like that. Yet it still has chlorophyll. The algae all come together and form a plant and the plant produces food. It may have red, green, or even brown algae mixed in it together. Seaweed absorbs gases and food right out of the water. They use their long leaf like "hands" to do this. Seaweed has many uses that we are starting to discover today. Just a little while ago people in America found you can eat seaweed! Lots of people in Asian countries use seaweed to spice up their meal or just for a snack. Seaweed is also used as a production of Alginate. Alginate is a product used in Agar and food material. Agar is a culture that scientists use in microbiology. Seaweed is also used in food like ice cream and lots of other desserts. ==

 ** __Climate in and Near the Ocean__ **

For instance, the coldest month in an ocean can get down to about 27˚F. The warmest month in the ocean averages at about 72˚F. Near the coast the air is very humid and moist. 95% of Earth’s water is salt water and the average ocean has 35 grams of salt per 1,000 grams of water ** **. **
 * The climate in the ocean differs between seasons. ** **



**Coral Reefs ** ** (to right) ** 
 * Coral reefs are a very common land feature in the marine ecosystem. 25% of all marine species live in one or another. They are often called “rainforests of the sea” and occupy about 1% of the earth’s ocean surface. (About half of France) They are found in shallow waters. Most coral reefs are in the Pacific Ocean. All the coral reefs in the world are worth about 30 billion dollars, so they are very valuable. They are very fragile because of their sensitivity to water temperature. Individually,**
 * coral reefs are endangered because of their value and beautiful scenery.**

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This is our food web. Our consumers are sharks, dolphins, crabs, turtles, and the parrot fish. The producers are kelp, phtoplankton, seaweed, coral, and benthic algae. The decomposers are cyanobacteria and beggiotoa (another type of bacteria.) ======



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