Key words: SOLS, ciliates, protista, habitat, coral reef, taxonomy,
pollution, global warming.
| Topic |
Time |
| Intro - |
00:00 |
| Why are coral reefs important? |
01:50 |
| Coral reefs act like a rainforest of the ocean. |
02:51 |
| Are coral reefs found everywhere in the ocean? [what they are and
what they need to live.] |
03:55 |
| Coral reefs are actually two living organisms.
[symbiotic relationship] |
04:35 |
| What are the functions of coral reefs? |
04:47 |
| Importance of learning what species live in and around the coral
reefs. |
05:36 |
| Photosynthesis and coral reefs. |
06:48 |
| Oceans Breathe. [O2 and CO2 relationship] |
07:33 |
| Importance of pH. [acid and basic conditions] |
8:39 |
| What is the overall health of coral reefs in the world? |
09:40 |
| Why are coral reefs dying? |
10:18 |
| If some coral has a disease why not just give them medicine? |
11:50 |
| How does taxonomy fit into this mystery? |
12:32 |
| Protistas and ciliates |
13:16 |
| Importance of ciliates for the environment. |
14:07 |
| Ciliates and the mysterious deaths of some coral reefs. |
15:08 |
| Taxonomy is not just knowing the scientific name of an animal.
[exploring, explaining, describing] |
15:38 |
| What's a paramiscus? |
17:14 |
| How is taxonomy helping finding out the answer to the
mystery? |
17:55 |
| Is this "disease" moving? [taxonomy also describes where things
live] |
20:58 |
| What about the pack of marauding hunters? |
22:37 |
| Taxonomists as explorers. [we still do not know 90% of what is
living on Earth] |
25:06 |
| What is the future of coral reefs? |
25:37 |
| Life as a taxonomist. |
26:32 |
| Three questions |
|
| When did you first know you wanted to be a biologist or scientist? |
27:52 |
| What would you do if you could not be a biologist or scientist? |
29:05 |
| What advice do you have for someone wanting to be a
scientist? |
30:09 |
| Sign-off |
31:53 |
