Moray Eels
... How Do Moray Eels Eat? Moray eels are sometimes fed by a marine biologist that knocks on the rocks to call them The eels hide and wait for small fish so the eels could eat the fish ...
... How Do Moray Eels Eat? Moray eels are sometimes fed by a marine biologist that knocks on the rocks to call them The eels hide and wait for small fish so the eels could eat the fish ...
Deep-Sea Corals: Special Issue of Current, the Journal of Marine
... THIS ISSUE OF CURRENT INTRODUCES YOU TO DEEP-SEA CORALS. The articles highlight recent research from the U.S. and Europe, primarily aimed at exploring and understanding ecosystems that were literally below the sonar screens of many scientists and agencies just a decade ago. Who knew there were coral ...
... THIS ISSUE OF CURRENT INTRODUCES YOU TO DEEP-SEA CORALS. The articles highlight recent research from the U.S. and Europe, primarily aimed at exploring and understanding ecosystems that were literally below the sonar screens of many scientists and agencies just a decade ago. Who knew there were coral ...
Modeling Larval Connectivity of Coral Reef Organisms in the Kenya
... Pleistocene river valleys. Fringing reefs are the most common type, but complex formations occur around islands and other regions where the continental shelf extends more than a few kilometers from shore. Reefs are absent on the Somali coast north of the equator due to seasonal upwelling of cold wat ...
... Pleistocene river valleys. Fringing reefs are the most common type, but complex formations occur around islands and other regions where the continental shelf extends more than a few kilometers from shore. Reefs are absent on the Somali coast north of the equator due to seasonal upwelling of cold wat ...
Number 53: 2011 - New Zealand Marine Sciences Society
... foster an understanding and appreciation of our marine environment, to provide a means of communication within our marine science community, to encourage and assist marine science students and young scientists, and to provide advice to government on marine policy issues. ...
... foster an understanding and appreciation of our marine environment, to provide a means of communication within our marine science community, to encourage and assist marine science students and young scientists, and to provide advice to government on marine policy issues. ...
Interagency Oceans and Human Health Research Implementation Plan: A Prescription for the Future
... and Human Health, which was chartered through the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the National Science and Technology Council. This plan complements “Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States for the Next Decade: An Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementa ...
... and Human Health, which was chartered through the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the National Science and Technology Council. This plan complements “Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States for the Next Decade: An Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementa ...
uptake of new and regenerated forms of nitrogen in primary
... Marine primary production can be mea- any major element contained in the physured by a number of techniques, the 14C toplankton; however, nitrogen is a logical choice since it is a major structural commethod of Steemann Nielsen (1952) being perhaps the most popular due to its great ponent of cells a ...
... Marine primary production can be mea- any major element contained in the physured by a number of techniques, the 14C toplankton; however, nitrogen is a logical choice since it is a major structural commethod of Steemann Nielsen (1952) being perhaps the most popular due to its great ponent of cells a ...
BLUE GROWTH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
... in the longer term, another sector that may consider offshore development in the Mediterranean. • Professional fishing is the sector most affected by the growing development of the maritime economy. Fishing zones will be reduced in particular along coastal areas due to the increasing development of ...
... in the longer term, another sector that may consider offshore development in the Mediterranean. • Professional fishing is the sector most affected by the growing development of the maritime economy. Fishing zones will be reduced in particular along coastal areas due to the increasing development of ...
BLUE GROWTH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
... in the longer term, another sector that may consider offshore development in the Mediterranean. • Professional fishing is the sector most affected by the growing development of the maritime economy. Fishing zones will be reduced in particular along coastal areas due to the increasing development of ...
... in the longer term, another sector that may consider offshore development in the Mediterranean. • Professional fishing is the sector most affected by the growing development of the maritime economy. Fishing zones will be reduced in particular along coastal areas due to the increasing development of ...
origin of iron-rich montmorillonite from the manganese nodule belt of
... nodules in the North Equatorial Pacific form two fractions: terrigenous (mostly eolian) illite, chlorite, and kaolinite, and authigenic smectite. Smectite increases with depth in box cores from 26 to 39% and from 53 to 66% in the easternmost and westernmost areas respectively, and with distance seaw ...
... nodules in the North Equatorial Pacific form two fractions: terrigenous (mostly eolian) illite, chlorite, and kaolinite, and authigenic smectite. Smectite increases with depth in box cores from 26 to 39% and from 53 to 66% in the easternmost and westernmost areas respectively, and with distance seaw ...
Dynamics of temperature and chlorophyll
... tape-recorded salinity and temperature values with chart-recorded depths which corresponded to the same temperature values. Time series oftemperature-salinity data taken at two stations in the region (21N, 137E; and 22N, 137E) from 1974 to 1977 (Japan Oceanographic Data Center, 1977-1979) demonstrat ...
... tape-recorded salinity and temperature values with chart-recorded depths which corresponded to the same temperature values. Time series oftemperature-salinity data taken at two stations in the region (21N, 137E; and 22N, 137E) from 1974 to 1977 (Japan Oceanographic Data Center, 1977-1979) demonstrat ...
Modelling phytoplankton succession on the Bering
... winds keep all the water in the coastal domain fairly mixed throughout the year. Solar heating in the warmer seasons stratifies the middle domain waters into two strongly isolated layers, the upper being mixed by winds and the lower being mixed by tides. The outer domain waters have a more complex st ...
... winds keep all the water in the coastal domain fairly mixed throughout the year. Solar heating in the warmer seasons stratifies the middle domain waters into two strongly isolated layers, the upper being mixed by winds and the lower being mixed by tides. The outer domain waters have a more complex st ...
IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific - UNESDOC
... The Ninth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-IX) was convened at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 9 May 2012 at the Paradise Hotel, Busan, Republic of Korea. The Session was organized by the IOC Regional Office for WESTPAC (WESTPAC Office), and hosted by the ...
... The Ninth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-IX) was convened at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 9 May 2012 at the Paradise Hotel, Busan, Republic of Korea. The Session was organized by the IOC Regional Office for WESTPAC (WESTPAC Office), and hosted by the ...
SERVICES PROGRAMME AREA COORDINATION GROUP THIRD SESSION
... that JCOMM-II devised a very ambitious work plan for the SCG that dealt with a number of crossprogramme issues and directions to focus of the work of the PAs. Dr Donlon stressed the importance of the contributions of each and every participant for the success of the meeting, and to ensure future suc ...
... that JCOMM-II devised a very ambitious work plan for the SCG that dealt with a number of crossprogramme issues and directions to focus of the work of the PAs. Dr Donlon stressed the importance of the contributions of each and every participant for the success of the meeting, and to ensure future suc ...
World Heritage in the High Seas: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
... The reason we do not already do so is largely a result of past history but now is the time to expand our horizons and bring such areas into consideration for their potential Outstanding Universal Value (OUV). In 1972, when the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural He ...
... The reason we do not already do so is largely a result of past history but now is the time to expand our horizons and bring such areas into consideration for their potential Outstanding Universal Value (OUV). In 1972, when the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural He ...
Connectivity among subpopulations of Norwegian Coastal cod
... are lighter than the surrounding water in Vestfjorden and are pelagically distributed (Sundby, 1983). Pelagic eggs have highest concentration at the surface, exponentially decreasing downwards and are mainly inuenced by wind-induced mixing (Sundby, 1991). Stenevik et al. (2008) measured specic gra ...
... are lighter than the surrounding water in Vestfjorden and are pelagically distributed (Sundby, 1983). Pelagic eggs have highest concentration at the surface, exponentially decreasing downwards and are mainly inuenced by wind-induced mixing (Sundby, 1991). Stenevik et al. (2008) measured specic gra ...
EFFECTS OF CHANGING TEMPERATURES ON CORAL REEF
... Figure 1.1 Comparison of the 4 km Pathfinder with other satellite datasets ......................... 33 Figure 1.2 Region delineations for the CoRTAD analysis .................................................... 34 Figure 1.3 Cumulative number of TSAs (1985-2005)..................................... ...
... Figure 1.1 Comparison of the 4 km Pathfinder with other satellite datasets ......................... 33 Figure 1.2 Region delineations for the CoRTAD analysis .................................................... 34 Figure 1.3 Cumulative number of TSAs (1985-2005)..................................... ...
Composition and degradation of organic matter in sediments from
... off Chile, bacterial specific fatty acids (iso- and anteiso C14-C17) accounted for 12-34% of all identified fatty acids. Highest percentages were observed at the sediment surface of sites from the oxygen-minimum-zone, reflecting both, intense bacterial reworking at these shallow sites and accumulati ...
... off Chile, bacterial specific fatty acids (iso- and anteiso C14-C17) accounted for 12-34% of all identified fatty acids. Highest percentages were observed at the sediment surface of sites from the oxygen-minimum-zone, reflecting both, intense bacterial reworking at these shallow sites and accumulati ...
Full text PDF - Geochemical Perspectives
... journal will be issued quarterly and the single, peer reviewed articles will be written by internationally renowned leaders. Each paper will present an overview of a major research area, written at a level that is accessible to people who are not experts in that field. However, in addition, we encou ...
... journal will be issued quarterly and the single, peer reviewed articles will be written by internationally renowned leaders. Each paper will present an overview of a major research area, written at a level that is accessible to people who are not experts in that field. However, in addition, we encou ...
Annual (interim) report. Reporting Period
... Except for most of the Atlantic shores, the outputs from hydrodynamic models are still too coarse to be of real use for modelling seabed habitats. In the Mediterranean in particular, the extension of broad-scale habitat types influenced by hydrodynamics (i.e. maerl beds on coastal detritic bottoms) ...
... Except for most of the Atlantic shores, the outputs from hydrodynamic models are still too coarse to be of real use for modelling seabed habitats. In the Mediterranean in particular, the extension of broad-scale habitat types influenced by hydrodynamics (i.e. maerl beds on coastal detritic bottoms) ...
Seasonal Variations in Groundwater Level and Salinity in Coastal
... change and sea level rise exacerbated saltwater intrusion, thereby jeopardizing water use safety, especially during the dry season [8]. Saltwater intrusion can degrade water quality and reduce available water if insufficient freshwater are entering the groundwater system, and it became more serious ...
... change and sea level rise exacerbated saltwater intrusion, thereby jeopardizing water use safety, especially during the dry season [8]. Saltwater intrusion can degrade water quality and reduce available water if insufficient freshwater are entering the groundwater system, and it became more serious ...
Planning for Representative Marine Protected Areas - WWF
... essential. Considerable efforts are also being directed worldwide to establishing marine protected areas (MPAs). However, choosing which areas to protect has historically been driven “more by opportunity than design, scenery rather than science” (Hackman 1995). Certainly many existing MPAs have been ...
... essential. Considerable efforts are also being directed worldwide to establishing marine protected areas (MPAs). However, choosing which areas to protect has historically been driven “more by opportunity than design, scenery rather than science” (Hackman 1995). Certainly many existing MPAs have been ...
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.