Deep-Sea Life
... - underwater photos of individual corals - extensive data for download about the corals and sponges, such as their density, size and substrate - reports that characterize the deep-sea coral and sponge habitats surveyed over the last decade by scientists from NOAA, other agencies, and universities. T ...
... - underwater photos of individual corals - extensive data for download about the corals and sponges, such as their density, size and substrate - reports that characterize the deep-sea coral and sponge habitats surveyed over the last decade by scientists from NOAA, other agencies, and universities. T ...
Stationary Eddies and the Zonal Asymmetry of Net Precipitation and
... surface drag are the primary contributors. This relates the hydrologically relevant stationary-eddy vertical motion to the large-scale horizontal flow of the stationary eddies. Tools for understanding the response of stationary Rossby waves to large-scale forcing by heating and orography [e.g., Hosk ...
... surface drag are the primary contributors. This relates the hydrologically relevant stationary-eddy vertical motion to the large-scale horizontal flow of the stationary eddies. Tools for understanding the response of stationary Rossby waves to large-scale forcing by heating and orography [e.g., Hosk ...
GLOBAL OCEAN ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS GLOBEC Special
... PREFACE This report describes the current status, in July 2004, of the implementation activities of the Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) programme element of the International GeosphereBiosphere Programme (IGBP). GLOBEC is co-sponsored by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) ...
... PREFACE This report describes the current status, in July 2004, of the implementation activities of the Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) programme element of the International GeosphereBiosphere Programme (IGBP). GLOBEC is co-sponsored by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) ...
Historical records of coastal eutrophication
... (e.g. Justić et al., 1987; Justić, 1991; Conley et al., 2007) or longer (Conley et al., 2009), and comparisons of historical and modern surface sediment samples (Alve and Murray, 1995; Rabalais et al., 1996, 2007; Thomas et al., 2000; McGann et al., 2003; Tsujimoto et al., 2006a; Nikulina et al., ...
... (e.g. Justić et al., 1987; Justić, 1991; Conley et al., 2007) or longer (Conley et al., 2009), and comparisons of historical and modern surface sediment samples (Alve and Murray, 1995; Rabalais et al., 1996, 2007; Thomas et al., 2000; McGann et al., 2003; Tsujimoto et al., 2006a; Nikulina et al., ...
CURRICULUM VITAE Andrew Dale Ashton Coastal Geomorphologist
... Toomey, M.R., Woodruff, J., Donnelly, J.P., Ashton. A.D., and Perron, J.T., submitted. Seismic evidence of glacial age river incision into the Tahaa barrier reef, French Polynesia. Submitted to Marine Geology 10/15. Papers in refereed journals or books (S = student advised, P = postdoc advised): 28. ...
... Toomey, M.R., Woodruff, J., Donnelly, J.P., Ashton. A.D., and Perron, J.T., submitted. Seismic evidence of glacial age river incision into the Tahaa barrier reef, French Polynesia. Submitted to Marine Geology 10/15. Papers in refereed journals or books (S = student advised, P = postdoc advised): 28. ...
Fringing Reef
... coral reefs are in the Indo-Pacific region (consisting of the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean), covering 91.9% of all coral reefs, followed by Australia with 40.8% and Southeast Asia with 32.3%. Although coral reefs exist within both temperate and tropical waters, shallow water reefs for ...
... coral reefs are in the Indo-Pacific region (consisting of the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean), covering 91.9% of all coral reefs, followed by Australia with 40.8% and Southeast Asia with 32.3%. Although coral reefs exist within both temperate and tropical waters, shallow water reefs for ...
STAFF ACTIVITIES - Research School of Earth Sciences
... (Dettmer et al.) and shown that hot-spot volcanism is uniformly distributed across large deep mantle zones of reduced shear wave speed rather than concentrated at their edges (Davies et al.). In the broad realm of ocean and climate geoscience, progress is similarly being made on many fronts as indic ...
... (Dettmer et al.) and shown that hot-spot volcanism is uniformly distributed across large deep mantle zones of reduced shear wave speed rather than concentrated at their edges (Davies et al.). In the broad realm of ocean and climate geoscience, progress is similarly being made on many fronts as indic ...
Abrupt rise in atmospheric CO2 at the onset of the Bølling/Allerød: in
... the global mean terrestrial fractionation to 16‰. With an atmospheric δ 13 CO2 signature of about −6.5‰, the terrestrial biosphere has a mean δ 13 C signature of −22.5‰. Marine scenario: in this scenario we assume that old carbon from the deep ocean heavily depleted in δ 13 C might upwell and outgas ...
... the global mean terrestrial fractionation to 16‰. With an atmospheric δ 13 CO2 signature of about −6.5‰, the terrestrial biosphere has a mean δ 13 C signature of −22.5‰. Marine scenario: in this scenario we assume that old carbon from the deep ocean heavily depleted in δ 13 C might upwell and outgas ...
Vulnerability of reef-building corals on the Great Barrier Reef to
... common dogma that coral reefs are always found in low nutrient conditions. These conditions give us insight into the evolutionary limits of reef-building corals, which is important in understanding how corals might, or might not, be able to cope with the major environmental changes projected to occu ...
... common dogma that coral reefs are always found in low nutrient conditions. These conditions give us insight into the evolutionary limits of reef-building corals, which is important in understanding how corals might, or might not, be able to cope with the major environmental changes projected to occu ...
Satellite estimates of net community production indicate
... accurate estimates of phytoplankton photosynthesis and primary production from satellite data to fill these gaps; however there have been few satellite estimates of net community production (NCP). In this paper, we compare a number of empirical approaches to estimate NCP from satellite data with in v ...
... accurate estimates of phytoplankton photosynthesis and primary production from satellite data to fill these gaps; however there have been few satellite estimates of net community production (NCP). In this paper, we compare a number of empirical approaches to estimate NCP from satellite data with in v ...
A global climatology of the diurnal variations in sea
... therefore to remove its effect it would be sufficient to average observations made 12 hours ...
... therefore to remove its effect it would be sufficient to average observations made 12 hours ...
True or False Review Game
... The further towards the interior of a continent (away from the oceans) the greater the temperature variations. ...
... The further towards the interior of a continent (away from the oceans) the greater the temperature variations. ...
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... fueled by nutrient inputs originating from phytoplankton, are clearly reflected by bacterial growth in the mesopelagic zone. This implies that bacteria in the mesopelagic zone, and also those being introduced into this layer by sedimentation, have the capability to respond or adapt rapidly to nutrie ...
... fueled by nutrient inputs originating from phytoplankton, are clearly reflected by bacterial growth in the mesopelagic zone. This implies that bacteria in the mesopelagic zone, and also those being introduced into this layer by sedimentation, have the capability to respond or adapt rapidly to nutrie ...
Kenya_MEDA_FINAL_Ele..
... the GEF is the largest public funder of projects to improve the global environment. An independently operating financial organization, the GEF provides grants for projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic polluta ...
... the GEF is the largest public funder of projects to improve the global environment. An independently operating financial organization, the GEF provides grants for projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic polluta ...
Food-web mediated export of biogenic carbon in oceans
... Legendre & Rassoulzadegan (1995) proposed that, in the pelagic environment, there is a continuum of microbial grazing, respectively. Within the context of trophlc pathways, from the herbivorous food chain, to the present paper, it is much easier to determine relathe multivorous and microbial food we ...
... Legendre & Rassoulzadegan (1995) proposed that, in the pelagic environment, there is a continuum of microbial grazing, respectively. Within the context of trophlc pathways, from the herbivorous food chain, to the present paper, it is much easier to determine relathe multivorous and microbial food we ...
Ocean Big Data Acquiring and Integration Technologies
... repository of oceanographic and biogeographic information (Malone 2003). Since 2005, the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) has been implemented to achieve comprehensive, coordinated and sustained observations to improve the monitoring of the state of the Earth, to increase understan ...
... repository of oceanographic and biogeographic information (Malone 2003). Since 2005, the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) has been implemented to achieve comprehensive, coordinated and sustained observations to improve the monitoring of the state of the Earth, to increase understan ...
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... round and a uniform water column in winter with the potential for deep vertical mixing. As early as 1990, the deep water of the western Mediterranean Sea was shown to have warmed by 0.12uC in the period from 1959 to 1988, reflecting the increased surface temperatures in winter (Béthoux et al. 1990) ...
... round and a uniform water column in winter with the potential for deep vertical mixing. As early as 1990, the deep water of the western Mediterranean Sea was shown to have warmed by 0.12uC in the period from 1959 to 1988, reflecting the increased surface temperatures in winter (Béthoux et al. 1990) ...
The EEZ Regime: Reflections after 30 Years
... quasi-autonomous units of the UN as well as a host of non-governmental organizations.4 119 countries from every region in the world signed the Convention on 10 December 1982, a record at the time. There are 165 parties to the Convention5 indicating its widespread support as the prevailing legal orde ...
... quasi-autonomous units of the UN as well as a host of non-governmental organizations.4 119 countries from every region in the world signed the Convention on 10 December 1982, a record at the time. There are 165 parties to the Convention5 indicating its widespread support as the prevailing legal orde ...
Coral Health Index - Integration and Application Network
... resource use within a marine managed area reduces impacts of overfishing, allowing populations of grazing fish to rejuvenate and maintain healthy ecosystem functioning.2 Coastal land management to reduce deforestation and land-based pollution, and planning for sustainable coastal development can ens ...
... resource use within a marine managed area reduces impacts of overfishing, allowing populations of grazing fish to rejuvenate and maintain healthy ecosystem functioning.2 Coastal land management to reduce deforestation and land-based pollution, and planning for sustainable coastal development can ens ...
A Case Study of the Washington Coast, Marine Spatial Planning
... Washington is also unique in that its coastal zone includes all lands and waters from the coastline (ordinary low water line for ocean areas, seaward limits of inland water bodies) out to three nautical miles.5 The Washington Pacific coast, comprising four coastal counties (Jefferson, Clallam, Gr ...
... Washington is also unique in that its coastal zone includes all lands and waters from the coastline (ordinary low water line for ocean areas, seaward limits of inland water bodies) out to three nautical miles.5 The Washington Pacific coast, comprising four coastal counties (Jefferson, Clallam, Gr ...
inferences on potential seamount locations from
... ABSTRACT Seamounts are underwater volcanoes that did not grow tall enough to break to the sea surface and turn into islands. Once formed, seamounts tend to gradually sink under their own weight and the subsidence of the lithosphere. The ocean floor is littered with these former seamounts, here calle ...
... ABSTRACT Seamounts are underwater volcanoes that did not grow tall enough to break to the sea surface and turn into islands. Once formed, seamounts tend to gradually sink under their own weight and the subsidence of the lithosphere. The ocean floor is littered with these former seamounts, here calle ...
Effects of global warming on oceans
Global warming can affect sea levels, coastlines, ocean acidification, ocean currents, seawater, sea surface temperatures, tides, the sea floor, weather, and trigger several changes in ocean bio-geochemistry; all of these affect the functioning of a society.