AQUATIC BIOLOGY[objectives]

• List and explain life processes of aquatic organisms

• Define morphology and physiology and discuss relationships to aquatic organisms

• Explain the morphology and physiology of common finfish, crustaceans, and mollusks

• Describe reproductive processes with aquatic species

Life Span and Processes• Life Span – length of an organism’s life -beginning (natality) -growth (juvenile) -maturity (adult) -decline (senescence) -death (mortality)• Life Cycle – stages involved from birth

until death or from one generation to next

eggnauplius

zoea

mysis

juvenile

adult

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF FINFISH

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF FINFISH

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF FINFISH

Internal Anatomy

FISH GILL ANATOMY

FISH GILL ANATOMY

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF MOLLUSKS

CRUSTACEAN REPRODUCTION