Ocean Wise West Coast Marine Life Deck

2019 – (See Cards | Host Info | Download game | Purchase)…

This deck, hosted by Ocean Wise and the Vancouver Aquarium, and created by students from Sentinel High School, is a STARTER deck that also includes a new mechanic regarding water depth. It includes a variety of organisms that are locally relevant to marine habitats in British Columbia, as well as species found in the Vancouver Aquarium space.

Humpback Whale

Megaptera Novaeangliae
Scale 9 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

5 POINTS

PLAY: The Acorn Barnacle is a suspension feeder, extracting food from the water.
FACT: Acorn Barnacle produce a brown glue that fastens it to a hard surface.

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The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 m (39–52 ft) and weigh around 25–30 metric tons (28–33 short tons). The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is known for breaching and other distinctive surface behaviors, making it popular with whale watchers. Males produce a […] read more

Red Tide

Event Card
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Event

PLAY: Place this card on any SPECIES that consume shellfish.
EFFECT: The SPECIES card and EVENT card are immediately discarded.

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Red tide is a common name for algal blooms, which are large concentrations of aquatic microorganisms, such as protozoans and unicellular algae (e.g. dinoflagellates and diatoms). The upwelling of nutrients from the sea floor, often following massive storms, provides for the algae and triggers bloom events. Harmful algal blooms can occur worldwide, and natural cycles can vary regionally.[1] The growth and persistence of an algal bloom depends on wind […] read more

Disease Outbreak

Event Card
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Event

PLAY: Place this card on multiple cards of the same SPECIES.
EFFECT: The SPECIES card(s) and EVENT card are immediately discarded.

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In biology, a pathogen (Greek: πάθος pathos “suffering, passion” and -γενής -genēs “producer of”), in the oldest and broadest sense, is anything that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ. The term pathogen came into use in the 1880s.[1][2] Typically, the term is used to describe an infectious microorganism or agent, such as a virus, bacterium, protozoan, prion, viroid, or fungus.[3][4] Small animals, such as certain kinds of […] read more

Oil Spill

Event card
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Event

PLAY: Place this card on any SPECIES card.
EFFECT: The SPECIES card and EVENT card are immediately discarded.

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An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land. Oil spills may be due to releases of crude oil from tankers, offshore platforms, drilling rigs and wells, as well […] read more

Phytoplankton

Multiple Orders
Scale 2 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
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Plantae, Zygnemophyceae, Charophyta

2 POINTS

PLAY: Phytoplankton has a MOVE of 1
FACT: Phytoplankton are the main source of food for almost all fish.

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Phytoplankton /ˌfaɪtoʊˈplæŋktən/ are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of oceans, seas and freshwater basin ecosystems. The name comes from the Greek words φυτόν (phyton), meaning “plant“, and πλαγκτός (planktos), meaning “wanderer” or “drifter”.[1] Most phytoplankton are too small to be individually seen with the unaided eye. However, when present in high enough numbers, some varieties may be noticeable as […] read more

Dark Sea Lettuce

Ulvaria Obscura
Scale 5 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
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Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae

1 POINTS

FACT: As a type of algae, this Dark Sea Lettuce is often found on beaches along the West Coast.

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Ulvaria obscura is an intertidal and subtidal benthic marine algae found in temperate and Arctic ocean waters around the world.[1][2] Ulvaria obscura is a common marine algae, typically identified in algal blooms referred to as “Green Tides”.[3][4] The species is distinct in its ability to produce the neurotransmitter dopamine as a herbivore defense mechanism.[5][6] The species has a wide tolerance to various growth conditions, surviving temperatures between 5-29 °C, salinities from freshwater to […] read more