Paper title
... (ASPAs and ASMAs) have to date been either exclusively terrestrial or focused on terrestrial sites with protection extended to cover a very small adjacent area of the marine environment. Nonetheless many of the criteria guiding ASPA or ASMA designation are consistent with or complementary to those i ...
... (ASPAs and ASMAs) have to date been either exclusively terrestrial or focused on terrestrial sites with protection extended to cover a very small adjacent area of the marine environment. Nonetheless many of the criteria guiding ASPA or ASMA designation are consistent with or complementary to those i ...
Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide
... which are slightly alkaline, are already becoming more acidic: we refer to this process as ocean acidification. There is growing concern that as atmospheric concentrations of CO2 continue to rise, the increasing acidity will have significant effects on the marine system. In recent years global warmi ...
... which are slightly alkaline, are already becoming more acidic: we refer to this process as ocean acidification. There is growing concern that as atmospheric concentrations of CO2 continue to rise, the increasing acidity will have significant effects on the marine system. In recent years global warmi ...
- ePrints Soton
... understanding of the environmental impacts associated with our drilling operations. SERPENT worked closely with our environmental team and other consultants on several wells and as a result we have developed an accurate database on the fauna to depths of 2000 m below the ocean’s surface. As a result ...
... understanding of the environmental impacts associated with our drilling operations. SERPENT worked closely with our environmental team and other consultants on several wells and as a result we have developed an accurate database on the fauna to depths of 2000 m below the ocean’s surface. As a result ...
Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide Policy document 12/05 June 2005
... which are slightly alkaline, are already becoming more acidic: we refer to this process as ocean acidification. There is growing concern that as atmospheric concentrations of CO2 continue to rise, the increasing acidity will have significant effects on the marine system. In recent years global warmi ...
... which are slightly alkaline, are already becoming more acidic: we refer to this process as ocean acidification. There is growing concern that as atmospheric concentrations of CO2 continue to rise, the increasing acidity will have significant effects on the marine system. In recent years global warmi ...
Coastal and marine ecosystems in a changing climate: the case of
... This paper presents a review of the existing and projected links between climate change and coastal and marine ecosystems in Tanzania. The reviewed literature indicates that the projected climatic-induced disturbances such as rising sea level, increased temperature and enhanced extreme weather event ...
... This paper presents a review of the existing and projected links between climate change and coastal and marine ecosystems in Tanzania. The reviewed literature indicates that the projected climatic-induced disturbances such as rising sea level, increased temperature and enhanced extreme weather event ...
coherence property estimation for various ocean depths
... The ship noise begins to be strong in the frequency region of 5 to 20 Hz and the spectrum levels contain a reverse slope indicating the shipping noise at the upper end of the frequency band. In shallow water where the shipping noise won’t be appreciable, the spectrum will fall off and depends on win ...
... The ship noise begins to be strong in the frequency region of 5 to 20 Hz and the spectrum levels contain a reverse slope indicating the shipping noise at the upper end of the frequency band. In shallow water where the shipping noise won’t be appreciable, the spectrum will fall off and depends on win ...
Role of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation in the Tropical
... Furevik et al. (2003), forms the basis for the perturbation experiments presented here. The BCM can capture the main present climate features. For instance, the strength and position of the simulated Hadley cells are close to those of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction’s (NCEP’s) esti ...
... Furevik et al. (2003), forms the basis for the perturbation experiments presented here. The BCM can capture the main present climate features. For instance, the strength and position of the simulated Hadley cells are close to those of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction’s (NCEP’s) esti ...
Sunlight and water transparency: cornerstones in coral
... examination of a nomograph or suite of curves for a range of attenuation values for ocean water masses (see Fig. 5). For the sake of simplicity, water masses are placed into two optical classifications, oceanic and coastal. The range shown for oceanic water is K = 0.04 –0.18 m 1. The range shown for ...
... examination of a nomograph or suite of curves for a range of attenuation values for ocean water masses (see Fig. 5). For the sake of simplicity, water masses are placed into two optical classifications, oceanic and coastal. The range shown for oceanic water is K = 0.04 –0.18 m 1. The range shown for ...
2. The impacts of climate change on the benthos
... there is also evidence of local and regional heterogeneity within biogeographic ranges, with infilling of gaps or loss of site occupancy away from range limits. Living close to their physiological tolerance limits, being sessile or sedentary, having typically short life spans and being from lower t ...
... there is also evidence of local and regional heterogeneity within biogeographic ranges, with infilling of gaps or loss of site occupancy away from range limits. Living close to their physiological tolerance limits, being sessile or sedentary, having typically short life spans and being from lower t ...
Projecting Antarctic ice discharge using response functions from
... The future evolution of global mean and regional sea level is important for coastal planning and associated adaptation measures (e.g. Hallegatte et al., 2013; Hinkel et al., 2014; Marzeion and Levermann, 2014). The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ...
... The future evolution of global mean and regional sea level is important for coastal planning and associated adaptation measures (e.g. Hallegatte et al., 2013; Hinkel et al., 2014; Marzeion and Levermann, 2014). The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ...
Global habitat suitability of coldwater octocorals
... records for all suborders implied a habitat preference for continental shelves and margins, particularly the North and West Atlantic and Western Pacific Rim. Temperature, salinity, broad scale slope, productivity, oxygen and calcite saturation state were identified as important factors for determini ...
... records for all suborders implied a habitat preference for continental shelves and margins, particularly the North and West Atlantic and Western Pacific Rim. Temperature, salinity, broad scale slope, productivity, oxygen and calcite saturation state were identified as important factors for determini ...
SECTION HEADING - School of Ocean and Earth Science and
... ecosystems resulting from climate change or direct human activities such as overfishing (Myers & Worm, 2003) are bound to alter the structure and functioning of deep seafloor ecosystems. Why should we care whether the seemingly remote habitats of the ocean bottom are altered by human activities in t ...
... ecosystems resulting from climate change or direct human activities such as overfishing (Myers & Worm, 2003) are bound to alter the structure and functioning of deep seafloor ecosystems. Why should we care whether the seemingly remote habitats of the ocean bottom are altered by human activities in t ...
Loggerhead Turtle - UWI St. Augustine
... metabolic rate of the sea turtle is directly proportional to the temperature of its environment, and as a result the rate of digestion is also temperature dependent (Ernst & Lovich 2009). As a consequence of this, the sea turtle’s eating preference varies by its location in its vast range as it not ...
... metabolic rate of the sea turtle is directly proportional to the temperature of its environment, and as a result the rate of digestion is also temperature dependent (Ernst & Lovich 2009). As a consequence of this, the sea turtle’s eating preference varies by its location in its vast range as it not ...
Sea Animals and Sound by Michael Stocker
... Second World War when sonar surveillance of enemy submarines became critical to national security that the danger of underwater noise produced by fish became apparent.i[1] When hydrophones were placed in coastal waters to listen for submarine traffic, they were overcome by all manner of strange nois ...
... Second World War when sonar surveillance of enemy submarines became critical to national security that the danger of underwater noise produced by fish became apparent.i[1] When hydrophones were placed in coastal waters to listen for submarine traffic, they were overcome by all manner of strange nois ...
Chemical and tracer studies in coral reef interstitial waters (French
... The South Pacific subtropical oligotrophic area is very different from other locations in the Pacific where new nutrient inputs proved to be of significant importance; these include the Australian Great Barrier Reef where tidal jets occur at the vicinity of passes (Hamner and Wolanski, 1988) or the ...
... The South Pacific subtropical oligotrophic area is very different from other locations in the Pacific where new nutrient inputs proved to be of significant importance; these include the Australian Great Barrier Reef where tidal jets occur at the vicinity of passes (Hamner and Wolanski, 1988) or the ...
Dissertation from the Department of Geological Sciences No. Lipid
... and preservation of organic matter (Moore and Basiliko, 2006). In lakes and oceans the degradation of dead biomass proceds rapidly in the water column and continues in the surface layers of the sediments and just a small amount of the biological production of OM escapes remineralization and accumula ...
... and preservation of organic matter (Moore and Basiliko, 2006). In lakes and oceans the degradation of dead biomass proceds rapidly in the water column and continues in the surface layers of the sediments and just a small amount of the biological production of OM escapes remineralization and accumula ...
Center for Geomicrobiology, Aarhus University, 2007-2012
... terminal pathway of mineralization in the microbial food chain. We used this power law to model very deep oxygen respiration in the central North Pacific. The most striking feature of this and other “desert” areas of the ocean gyres is that oxygen penetrates tens of meters through the sediment colum ...
... terminal pathway of mineralization in the microbial food chain. We used this power law to model very deep oxygen respiration in the central North Pacific. The most striking feature of this and other “desert” areas of the ocean gyres is that oxygen penetrates tens of meters through the sediment colum ...
Olsson - BORA
... when the water mass was last in contact with the atmosphere. This concept can be greatly refined to get a better estimate of the ‘true age’ of a water mass, especially for the case when a range of tracers has been measured (Waugh et al., 2003). The purpose of this work is however to trace the change ...
... when the water mass was last in contact with the atmosphere. This concept can be greatly refined to get a better estimate of the ‘true age’ of a water mass, especially for the case when a range of tracers has been measured (Waugh et al., 2003). The purpose of this work is however to trace the change ...
Changes in the Si/P weathering ratio and their effect on the selection
... result of changes in the ratio between the supply of Si and other nutrients such as phosphorus (P) (the ‗resource ratio theory‘) (Fig. 1a). The resource ratio theory predicts the replacement of species as a function of the ratio of limiting nutrients, and has been well corroborated under laboratory ...
... result of changes in the ratio between the supply of Si and other nutrients such as phosphorus (P) (the ‗resource ratio theory‘) (Fig. 1a). The resource ratio theory predicts the replacement of species as a function of the ratio of limiting nutrients, and has been well corroborated under laboratory ...
Waves – Chapter 8
... When ocean waves encounter land • Deep water waves change to shallow water waves as they approach the shore • Once the wave passes over water whose depth is less than one half its wavelength, the wave “feels” the bottom • When this happens, the circular motion of the water molecules in the wave is ...
... When ocean waves encounter land • Deep water waves change to shallow water waves as they approach the shore • Once the wave passes over water whose depth is less than one half its wavelength, the wave “feels” the bottom • When this happens, the circular motion of the water molecules in the wave is ...
Low Res - SAHFOS
... (virtually certain). Human societies depend on marine ecosystem services, which are sensitive to climate change (high confidence), in particular the provisioning of food (fisheries and aquaculture) and other natural resources; nutrient recycling; regulation of global climate including production of ...
... (virtually certain). Human societies depend on marine ecosystem services, which are sensitive to climate change (high confidence), in particular the provisioning of food (fisheries and aquaculture) and other natural resources; nutrient recycling; regulation of global climate including production of ...
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.