Marine biodiversity | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 07/02/2019

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00:02:27 1 History
00:04:59 2 Marine life
00:05:07 2.1 Microscopic life
00:06:52 2.2 Plants and algae
00:07:56 2.3 Invertebrates
00:08:40 2.4 Fungi
00:09:15 2.5 Vertebrates
00:09:23 2.5.1 Fish
00:09:46 2.5.2 Reptiles
00:10:33 2.5.3 Birds
00:10:57 2.5.4 Mammals
00:11:26 3 Marine habitats
00:12:29 3.1 Intertidal and near shore
00:13:15 3.2 Estuaries
00:14:05 3.3 Reefs
00:15:16 3.4 Open ocean
00:15:59 3.5 Deep sea and trenches
00:17:10 4 Subfields
00:18:10 4.1 Related fields
00:18:45 5 Distribution factors
00:20:18 6 See also



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Marine biology is the scientific study of marine life, organisms in the sea.  Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather than on taxonomy.
A large proportion of all life on Earth lives in the ocean. The exact size of this large proportion is unknown, since many ocean species are still to be discovered. The ocean is a complex three-dimensional world covering approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The habitats studied in marine biology include everything from the tiny layers of surface water in which organisms and abiotic items may be trapped in surface tension between the ocean and atmosphere, to the depths of the oceanic trenches, sometimes 10,000 meters or more beneath the surface of the ocean. Specific habitats include coral reefs, kelp forests, seagrass meadows, the surrounds of seamounts and thermal vents, tidepools, muddy, sandy and rocky bottoms, and the open ocean (pelagic) zone, where solid objects are rare and the surface of the water is the only visible boundary. The organisms studied range from microscopic phytoplankton and zooplankton to huge cetaceans (whales) 25–32 meters (82–105 feet) in length. Marine ecology is the study of how marine organisms interact with each other and the environment.
Marine life is a vast resource, providing food, medicine, and raw materials, in addition to helping to support recreation and tourism all over the world. At a fundamental level, marine life helps determine the very nature of our planet. Marine organisms contribute significantly to the oxygen cycle, and are involved in the regulation of the Earth's climate. Shorelines are in part shaped and protected by marine life, and some marine organisms even help create new land.Many species are economically important to humans, including both finfish and shellfish. It is also becoming understood that the well-being of marine organisms and other organisms are linked in fundamental ways. The human body of knowledge regarding the relationship between life in the sea and important cycles is rapidly growing, with new discoveries being made nearly every day. These cycles include those of matter (such as the carbon cycle) and of air (such as Earth's respiration, and movement of energy through ecosystems including the ocean). Large areas beneath the ocean surface still remain effectively unexplored.