Changes in life-history traits in relation to climate change: bluefish
... The Catalan coast, located in the NW Mediterranean Sea, is characterized by a quite narrow continental shelf, which only widens clearly in the southernmost area around the Ebro River Delta and in the north between the main submarine canyons. The general surface circulation in the NW Mediterranean re ...
... The Catalan coast, located in the NW Mediterranean Sea, is characterized by a quite narrow continental shelf, which only widens clearly in the southernmost area around the Ebro River Delta and in the north between the main submarine canyons. The general surface circulation in the NW Mediterranean re ...
Links between early Holocene ice-sheet decay
... ice-dammed lake into the ocean is recorded by sea-level jumps in the Mississippi and Rhine-Meuse deltas of approximately 0.4 and 2.1 metres, respectively. These sea-level jumps can be related to an abrupt cooling in the Northern Hemisphere known as the 8.2 kyr event, and it has been suggested that t ...
... ice-dammed lake into the ocean is recorded by sea-level jumps in the Mississippi and Rhine-Meuse deltas of approximately 0.4 and 2.1 metres, respectively. These sea-level jumps can be related to an abrupt cooling in the Northern Hemisphere known as the 8.2 kyr event, and it has been suggested that t ...
actaAdriat Adricosm.indd - Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo
... present. In June, the thermocline was developed only down to 10 m. The thermocline remained shallow during the first campaign in July. After a strong bora wind episode in the second July cruise (‘August’ is indicated in the image yet the dates were 30-31 July) deepening of the thermocline was observ ...
... present. In June, the thermocline was developed only down to 10 m. The thermocline remained shallow during the first campaign in July. After a strong bora wind episode in the second July cruise (‘August’ is indicated in the image yet the dates were 30-31 July) deepening of the thermocline was observ ...
Texas Coastal Bend Regional Climate Change Vulnerability
... Mangroves, marshes, seagrass, oyster reefs and coral reefs are already under enormous human pressure and their ability to be resilient is now in question. Rising seas, increased storm intensity, warming temperature and acidifying waters will further compromise the ability of coastal ecosystems to pr ...
... Mangroves, marshes, seagrass, oyster reefs and coral reefs are already under enormous human pressure and their ability to be resilient is now in question. Rising seas, increased storm intensity, warming temperature and acidifying waters will further compromise the ability of coastal ecosystems to pr ...
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SÃO CARLOS BIOTIC FACTORS
... lower values both towards equatorial and Polar Regions. However, given the dynamic nature of ocean’s ecosystem it is difficult to account for temporal variations in empirical assessments of microbial biodiversity. Here, we compared the components of diversity (richness and evenness) and microbial po ...
... lower values both towards equatorial and Polar Regions. However, given the dynamic nature of ocean’s ecosystem it is difficult to account for temporal variations in empirical assessments of microbial biodiversity. Here, we compared the components of diversity (richness and evenness) and microbial po ...
Annual Report - Ministry of Earth Sciences
... overnment of India, in its Cabinet meeting held on 9th May 2006, have approved formation of the Earth Commission and re-organisation of the Ministry of Ocean Development as Ministry of Earth Sciences. Earth Commission has been patterned on the lines of Atomic Energy Commission/ Space Commission for ...
... overnment of India, in its Cabinet meeting held on 9th May 2006, have approved formation of the Earth Commission and re-organisation of the Ministry of Ocean Development as Ministry of Earth Sciences. Earth Commission has been patterned on the lines of Atomic Energy Commission/ Space Commission for ...
Planning for Climate Change Effects on Coastal Margins
... This report addresses planning for climate change effects on coastal margins. It complements the more general overview of climate change impacts on New Zealand recently published by the Ministry for the Environment (MfE, 2001). The aim of the report is to convey information that will help address tw ...
... This report addresses planning for climate change effects on coastal margins. It complements the more general overview of climate change impacts on New Zealand recently published by the Ministry for the Environment (MfE, 2001). The aim of the report is to convey information that will help address tw ...
Oxygen Isotope Stratigraphy of the Oceans
... Agassiz of sediment deposits (moraine) and erosion features attributed to ancient glaciers in the Jura mountains of Western Europe. Up until about 1960, however, most of the Ice Age puzzle remained unexplained. One theory was very promising in explaining the Ice Ages: the astronomical theory of clim ...
... Agassiz of sediment deposits (moraine) and erosion features attributed to ancient glaciers in the Jura mountains of Western Europe. Up until about 1960, however, most of the Ice Age puzzle remained unexplained. One theory was very promising in explaining the Ice Ages: the astronomical theory of clim ...
Thermal equilibrium state of the ocean
... The search of the complete thermodynamic equilibrium state follows the steps described above. Starting with a given initial guess of salinity at the sea surface, say Sss = 20 , we can find a salinity profile with salinity increases with pressure in such a way that the corresponding chemical potenti ...
... The search of the complete thermodynamic equilibrium state follows the steps described above. Starting with a given initial guess of salinity at the sea surface, say Sss = 20 , we can find a salinity profile with salinity increases with pressure in such a way that the corresponding chemical potenti ...
the Central Equatorial Pacific West of the East Pacific Rise
... both north-south and east-west, that were drilled on Legs 5, 7, 8, 9, 16, and 17 to provide a regional grid of approximately twenty-five sites between the crest of the East Pacific Rise and the Line Islands and between 25°N and 12°S latitude. This grid forms the basis for a tectonic study of this pa ...
... both north-south and east-west, that were drilled on Legs 5, 7, 8, 9, 16, and 17 to provide a regional grid of approximately twenty-five sites between the crest of the East Pacific Rise and the Line Islands and between 25°N and 12°S latitude. This grid forms the basis for a tectonic study of this pa ...
Chapter 13 - The World of the Census
... species and/or for species with disjoint distributional ranges, including those occupying coastal environments (Conway et al. 2003). It is likely that many morphologically defined zooplankton species will be found to consist of complexes of genetically distinct populations, but how many cryptic spec ...
... species and/or for species with disjoint distributional ranges, including those occupying coastal environments (Conway et al. 2003). It is likely that many morphologically defined zooplankton species will be found to consist of complexes of genetically distinct populations, but how many cryptic spec ...
SNC Vulnerability and Adaptation Coastal Zones detailed version
... Despite the fact that the Lebanese coastal zone is narrow, agricultural zones are not absent in this area. The largest agricultural areas are located in Akkar, Abou Ali valley in the north, Damour and the southern plain, e.g. in Qasmiyeh and Ras el Ain (CDR, 2005 )(Figure 1-3). Cultivations in the c ...
... Despite the fact that the Lebanese coastal zone is narrow, agricultural zones are not absent in this area. The largest agricultural areas are located in Akkar, Abou Ali valley in the north, Damour and the southern plain, e.g. in Qasmiyeh and Ras el Ain (CDR, 2005 )(Figure 1-3). Cultivations in the c ...
Shorefast New Ocean Ethic Booklet, 2016
... research. Citizens and scientists work together to ask pertinent questions about their local environment, decide how best to collect this data, and together, use that data to solve issues relating to environmental sustainability. Scientists benefit from data that would otherwise be difficult to coll ...
... research. Citizens and scientists work together to ask pertinent questions about their local environment, decide how best to collect this data, and together, use that data to solve issues relating to environmental sustainability. Scientists benefit from data that would otherwise be difficult to coll ...
Main upwelling regions in the Baltic Sea. ICES CM 2001/U:09
... transport directed 90 degrees to the right of the wind direction: this results in offshore water movement. The associated lowering of the sea surface near the coast produces a pressure gradient which is directed normal to the shore and drives a geostrophic current along the coast, in the same direct ...
... transport directed 90 degrees to the right of the wind direction: this results in offshore water movement. The associated lowering of the sea surface near the coast produces a pressure gradient which is directed normal to the shore and drives a geostrophic current along the coast, in the same direct ...
Regional Seas Programmes and Marine Biodiversity in Areas
... which “wish to do so to submit their views on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument”. 2. The present document has been prepared in response to the invitation of Chair and aims to provide information on UNEP’s Regional Seas Programme, which may be helpful for ite ...
... which “wish to do so to submit their views on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument”. 2. The present document has been prepared in response to the invitation of Chair and aims to provide information on UNEP’s Regional Seas Programme, which may be helpful for ite ...
Environmental Impacts—Marine Ecosystems
... the microbial loop are not covered. Other anthropogenic drivers of change such as fishing, habitat disturbance, eutrophication or pollution are dealt with in other chapters. All North Sea biota are affected by a range of physical and chemical drivers, including inflowing water masses, currents within ...
... the microbial loop are not covered. Other anthropogenic drivers of change such as fishing, habitat disturbance, eutrophication or pollution are dealt with in other chapters. All North Sea biota are affected by a range of physical and chemical drivers, including inflowing water masses, currents within ...
Coastal flooding and wetland loss in the 21st century: changes
... Sea-level rise increases the flood impacts in all cases although significant impacts are not apparent until the 2080s when the additional people flooded are 7–10 million, 29–50 million, 2–3 million and 16–27 million people/year under the A1FI, A2, B1 and B2 worlds, respectively. Hence, the A2 world als ...
... Sea-level rise increases the flood impacts in all cases although significant impacts are not apparent until the 2080s when the additional people flooded are 7–10 million, 29–50 million, 2–3 million and 16–27 million people/year under the A1FI, A2, B1 and B2 worlds, respectively. Hence, the A2 world als ...
Anaerobic bacteria in the sediment oxidaze methane present in the
... Cold seeps are deep-sea environments where methane gas or hydrogen sulfide is released from large storage of the seafloor by slow diffusion. Fluid flow is driven by pressure gradients created through tectonic compaction, unsteady sedimentation and diagenetic processes. Cold seeps are mainly located ...
... Cold seeps are deep-sea environments where methane gas or hydrogen sulfide is released from large storage of the seafloor by slow diffusion. Fluid flow is driven by pressure gradients created through tectonic compaction, unsteady sedimentation and diagenetic processes. Cold seeps are mainly located ...
Large Marine Ecosystems
... 2.6 Degradation and loss of habitat is of major concern in LMEs. Twenty per cent of global mangrove area was lost from 1980 to 2005. Loss continues at about 1 per cent per year, mainly driven by land clearing for development. By 2030, more than half of warm-water coral reefs are projected to be at ...
... 2.6 Degradation and loss of habitat is of major concern in LMEs. Twenty per cent of global mangrove area was lost from 1980 to 2005. Loss continues at about 1 per cent per year, mainly driven by land clearing for development. By 2030, more than half of warm-water coral reefs are projected to be at ...
A new imperative for improving management of large marine
... fishery of the western Pacific, UNDP [13] reported that Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) received only about 4% of the value of the tuna taken by distant fleets. Fishing down the food-wed in proximity to coral reefs contributes much degradation of reefs along with periodic bleaching events ...
... fishery of the western Pacific, UNDP [13] reported that Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) received only about 4% of the value of the tuna taken by distant fleets. Fishing down the food-wed in proximity to coral reefs contributes much degradation of reefs along with periodic bleaching events ...
Coral Reef Ecology Coral Reef Conservation
... trips, hotels, restaurants, and other businesses based near reef ecosystems create livelihoods for an enormous number of people worldwide. An economic valuation conducted in Tobago by the World Resource Institute concluded that the value of coral reefs for 2007 was more than half of the island's ann ...
... trips, hotels, restaurants, and other businesses based near reef ecosystems create livelihoods for an enormous number of people worldwide. An economic valuation conducted in Tobago by the World Resource Institute concluded that the value of coral reefs for 2007 was more than half of the island's ann ...
Working Paper
... values of land, ice and water to an individual gridbox. Climatic variables (e.g. temperature) are calculated separately for each category of surface type and an areaweighted average value is then calculated for the entire gridbox. In sectorial models with idealised geography, the land area was assum ...
... values of land, ice and water to an individual gridbox. Climatic variables (e.g. temperature) are calculated separately for each category of surface type and an areaweighted average value is then calculated for the entire gridbox. In sectorial models with idealised geography, the land area was assum ...
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.