THE FLOW OF ENERGY

Assignment Content

1. PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST CREATE A DIAGRAM, CHART, OR ILLUSTRATION. DO NOT JUST FIND AN IMAGE OF ONE ON THE INTERNET.

   Create a diagram, chart, or illustration in which you depict the flow of energy in marine ecosystems. You may use either a web format in which food chains are included or a biomass pyramid format. The assignment must include the following:

   • Title Page
   • Diagram, chart, or illustration of a web format or biomass pyramid
   • Description of primary productivity
   • Description of a method used to measure the amount of primary productivity
   • Description of how primary productivity affects the color of the ocean
   • List of the factors that cause regional primary productivity to vary among polar, tropical, and temperate oceans
   • Description of how the selected web or biomass is affected by overfishing
   • Rubric for the assignment:
     Week 5 Flow of Energy Rubric.pdf

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