This webquest lead to the article Canadian Fishing at the Grand Banks, Zebra Mussels,and Iron's Effect on Plankton

Iron Fertilization what is it? Your job tell the class.
Explain Bioacumulation and Biomagnification
Zebra Mussels, exotic species, alien invasion, American rivers, Great Lakes. Where did the zebra mussel come from.
How do they eat? Toxins and these mollusks.
What happened to Canadian Fishing, Grand Banks fishing grounds, Laurentian banks, Georges Bank at the end of the 20th century.
Truk lagoon where is it? What happened to Japanese fleet  in World War two?
some keywords: atoll national underwater park . submarine plants and fishes, jacques cousteau
Why are fish found only near continents? Iron and plankton.
Mid ocean barren zones. New Zealand, Galapagos Islands Desolate Zone,The Columbus Iselin,oceanographer John Martin Nature.
Amazon river and the Atlantic ocean. Where does the Amazon end? satellite photos if possible. Salt and fresh water mixture how well do they mix?. Chlorophyll plumes in the South Atlantic
Iron Mines and the Great Lakes. Largest open iron mine
Lake shipping and iron ore.
Why is the area so rich in iron geologically.
 Muddy Waters by Sid Perkins
Find out what happened to  fishing in the sea after major  projects were completed like Aswan, Hoover, Three Torges dams

over fishing concepts,  international fishing limits and quotas are based on what events?
Great Lakes
Sport fishing, water transparency improvement, bottom dwelling plants. Zebra Mussels and bass fishing
Great Lakes Pollution, heavy metal contamination, murcury, cadmium, paper industry, see if you can construct a history of these lakes and pollution levels, sunlight penetration
Newfoundland's Fishing Woes
end of the line
By Chris Carroll
Diminishing Returns
By Michael Parfit

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