an ocean in trouble: how salinity changes affect aquatic life
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An Ocean in Trouble: How Salinity
Changes Affect Aquatic Life
Cluster 3
Sarah Fox, Christopher Ho, Mackenzie Lighterink, and Allison Vu
Project Summary-Ice melt, rising ocean levels, and changes in
precipitation cause salinity fluctuation
-Experiments conducted to see effects of salinity changes:
-Results support hypothesis of salinity changes affects water-based ecosystems
http://gardenpool.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Duckweed-AQ-IALG.jpg
Pachygrapsus Crabs
Lemna Minor (Duckweed)
So What Does This Mean?• Organisms cannot
osmoregulate
• The Future: Salinity changes
disrupt marine ecosystems
More research needed to broaden our analysis
http://bio1152.nicerweb.com/Locked/media/ch44/44_03OsmoregulationB.jpg
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