Q. Hydrostatic pressure increases the boiling point of water but does not change the solubility of nutrients.

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Q. Primary producers are found growing in which of the following layers of water?

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Q. The degree of salinity in freshwater is nearly zero.

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Q. The microorganisms from lakes and rivers can grow at a salt concentration of _________

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Q. Which of the following compounds are required for growth of saprophytic bacteria and fungi?

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Q. Protozoa and other minute animal life are known as ____________________

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Q. Microbial inhabitants of the bottom region of a body of water are referred to as ________________

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Q. Phytoplanktonic organisms are non-motile.

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Q. Which of the following places shows presence of Geothermal vents?

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Q. Large spiraling surface currents in the ocean that tend to aggregate and retain nutrients are known as _______________

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Q. Most aquatic microorganisms can grow on the usual laboratory media.

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Q. Which of the following techniques is used for identification and enumeration of algae, bacteria, protozoa?

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Q. Which of the following techniques can be used to separate different-size fractions of the aquatic microbial community?

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Q. Which of the following zones have considerable rooted vegetation?

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Q. Which of the following layer is composed of soft mud or ooze?

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Q. In which of the following seasons does the nutrient concentration falls at a drastically lower level?

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Q. Rapidly expanding urbanization makes it difficult to generalize upon typical microbial flora of streams.

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Q. The coastal adjunct of the marine ecosystem is __________________

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Q. The Chesapeake Bay, one of the world’s major estuarine system serves as the receiving basin for how many rivers?

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Q. In regions of the estuary that are nutritionally poor, it is more likely to find which of the following organisms?

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