Plankton 2015 - State of Australia`s oceans
... data show periodic blooms with high concentrations of potentially toxin-producing species • Jellyfish are not increasing at the National Reference Stations. There were few major jellyfish sting events in tropical Australia in 2014/2015, but an unusually late Irukandji sting event at Ningaloo in Jun ...
... data show periodic blooms with high concentrations of potentially toxin-producing species • Jellyfish are not increasing at the National Reference Stations. There were few major jellyfish sting events in tropical Australia in 2014/2015, but an unusually late Irukandji sting event at Ningaloo in Jun ...
NorthSouth asymmetry in the modeled phytoplankton community
... 2001; Sarmiento et al., 2004; Bopp et al., 2005; Steinacher et al., 2010] and first-order principles [Doney, 2006] have hence projected a decrease in surface nutrient supply to phytoplankton and ocean productivity in low-latitude and midlatitude and an increase in light exposure for phytoplankton and ...
... 2001; Sarmiento et al., 2004; Bopp et al., 2005; Steinacher et al., 2010] and first-order principles [Doney, 2006] have hence projected a decrease in surface nutrient supply to phytoplankton and ocean productivity in low-latitude and midlatitude and an increase in light exposure for phytoplankton and ...
Climate Change and Caribbean Coral Reefs
... Reef in Tobago has been declared a restricted area, coastal development and the tourism industry has done very little to preserve this ecosystem 60. 90 sq km of the coral reefs surrounding the St. Lucian coast are being threatened by coastal development and over fishing, but the main source of damag ...
... Reef in Tobago has been declared a restricted area, coastal development and the tourism industry has done very little to preserve this ecosystem 60. 90 sq km of the coral reefs surrounding the St. Lucian coast are being threatened by coastal development and over fishing, but the main source of damag ...
SG report on Coral Reefs – UNEP general comments and
... are most severe in Southeast Asia, the global center of marine biodiversity, but are considerable in most other regions. Local stress reduces the ability of coral reefs, associated ecosystems and human populations to withstand and adapt to increasing climate change. Repeated coral bleaching has been ...
... are most severe in Southeast Asia, the global center of marine biodiversity, but are considerable in most other regions. Local stress reduces the ability of coral reefs, associated ecosystems and human populations to withstand and adapt to increasing climate change. Repeated coral bleaching has been ...
DRAGONESS_D1.2
... On marine buoys, the main types of Chinese marine buoy are marine data buoys, special marine buoys, measuring current dive buoys and drifting buoy. As the economic increase in china, it will speed up the step to the marine buoy net's construction. The number of the buoys deployed by Chinese Argo pla ...
... On marine buoys, the main types of Chinese marine buoy are marine data buoys, special marine buoys, measuring current dive buoys and drifting buoy. As the economic increase in china, it will speed up the step to the marine buoy net's construction. The number of the buoys deployed by Chinese Argo pla ...
Preliminary research of carbon-sink effect of Tianjin’s wetlands system in... context of global climate change
... only provide safe habitat for endangered animals and plants, but also serve as life support systems for regional ecological security pattern. Studies have shown that 35% of the terrestrial biosphere carbon is contained in only 6% of Earth's land area of wetlands. The capacity of carbon storage depen ...
... only provide safe habitat for endangered animals and plants, but also serve as life support systems for regional ecological security pattern. Studies have shown that 35% of the terrestrial biosphere carbon is contained in only 6% of Earth's land area of wetlands. The capacity of carbon storage depen ...
Chapter 12 Foundations of Life in the Oceans
... of the continental shelf where groundwater from the continents migrates through the sediment and accumulates methane or hydrogen sulfide. Chemosynthesis also occurs in the surface sediments of salt marshes and swamps, at the interface between oxygenated surface waters and oxygen-deficient bottom wat ...
... of the continental shelf where groundwater from the continents migrates through the sediment and accumulates methane or hydrogen sulfide. Chemosynthesis also occurs in the surface sediments of salt marshes and swamps, at the interface between oxygenated surface waters and oxygen-deficient bottom wat ...
The Oceanic Phosphorus Cycle - Center for Microbial Oceanography
... reduces the dissolved oxygen in the water when the organic material decomposes. This reduction in oxygen levels (hypoxia) can result in the death of other organisms in the ecosystem. Indeed, it has been documented that nutrient loads entering the coastal ocean can stimulate large scale phytoplankton ...
... reduces the dissolved oxygen in the water when the organic material decomposes. This reduction in oxygen levels (hypoxia) can result in the death of other organisms in the ecosystem. Indeed, it has been documented that nutrient loads entering the coastal ocean can stimulate large scale phytoplankton ...
Progress and Challenges In Biogeochemical Modeling Of The
... model has a detailed treatment of internal ice light fluxes and nutrient fluxes. However, ice in the Arctic is different (Dieckmann and Hellmer 2003). For example, there is more MYI and less extensive flooding in arctic ice, which gives lower sustenance to algal communities close to the ice surface ...
... model has a detailed treatment of internal ice light fluxes and nutrient fluxes. However, ice in the Arctic is different (Dieckmann and Hellmer 2003). For example, there is more MYI and less extensive flooding in arctic ice, which gives lower sustenance to algal communities close to the ice surface ...
Observations of abundance, stock composition, body size and food
... be younger as smolts than those from off the Hebrides (X2 = 8.79; 2 df; P=0.01). in fact. more than 30% of the postsmolts were 1+ in the Norwegian Sea in 1991. Off the Hebrides more than 80% of the postsmolts were 2+. In the Norwegian Sea in 1991. off the Hebrides in 1995 and in the Norwegian Sea in ...
... be younger as smolts than those from off the Hebrides (X2 = 8.79; 2 df; P=0.01). in fact. more than 30% of the postsmolts were 1+ in the Norwegian Sea in 1991. Off the Hebrides more than 80% of the postsmolts were 2+. In the Norwegian Sea in 1991. off the Hebrides in 1995 and in the Norwegian Sea in ...
DEEP SEA. WASTE DISPOSAL
... The rapid rate of increase in relevant research and understanding is reflected in the number of references to work published in the present decade. Naturally the approach to the problems and questions raised regarding the feasibility of the oceanic disposal options is different in the various chapte ...
... The rapid rate of increase in relevant research and understanding is reflected in the number of references to work published in the present decade. Naturally the approach to the problems and questions raised regarding the feasibility of the oceanic disposal options is different in the various chapte ...
The ICES North Sea Benthos Project 2000: aims - Archimer
... mobility, relatively long-lived, and integrate effects of environmental changes over time. Sampling and analytical methodologies, and accompanying frameworks for the interpretation of patterns or trends, are now well established. The macrobenthos of the North Sea has been studied on localised scales ...
... mobility, relatively long-lived, and integrate effects of environmental changes over time. Sampling and analytical methodologies, and accompanying frameworks for the interpretation of patterns or trends, are now well established. The macrobenthos of the North Sea has been studied on localised scales ...
investigation of the Red Sea circulation
... of Bab el Mandeb where the resulting seasonal cycle of the exchange flow was compared with the available direct observations [Sofianos and Johns, 2002]. Although some differences in the phase and range of the two cycles exist, the main result is that the simulation is able to reproduce the basic cha ...
... of Bab el Mandeb where the resulting seasonal cycle of the exchange flow was compared with the available direct observations [Sofianos and Johns, 2002]. Although some differences in the phase and range of the two cycles exist, the main result is that the simulation is able to reproduce the basic cha ...
Get PDF - Wiley Online Library
... Thousands of scleractinian corals were collected from the New England Seamounts by deep submergence vehicle Alvin and remotely operated vehicle Hercules during a series of cruises between 2003 and 2005 [Robinson et al., 2007; Thiagarajan et al., 2013]. Colonial corals (Solenosmilia, Lophelia, and En ...
... Thousands of scleractinian corals were collected from the New England Seamounts by deep submergence vehicle Alvin and remotely operated vehicle Hercules during a series of cruises between 2003 and 2005 [Robinson et al., 2007; Thiagarajan et al., 2013]. Colonial corals (Solenosmilia, Lophelia, and En ...
Validation of Coastwatch ocean color products
... the distribution of the residuals. We define the residual to be the difference between the insitu value and the satellite derived value of the pixel closest in match to the latitude and longitude of the insitu point. We present below plots of the residual versus the insitu value for different sets o ...
... the distribution of the residuals. We define the residual to be the difference between the insitu value and the satellite derived value of the pixel closest in match to the latitude and longitude of the insitu point. We present below plots of the residual versus the insitu value for different sets o ...
Seamobile Guide 2001 - Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
... in half longways, then open to create two columns. Choose a topic, such as “The Ocean Environment” or “Marine Animals” and ask students to write this title at the very top of their page. Next, ask students to label the first column “What I Know Now” and the second “What I Want to Know.” Students sho ...
... in half longways, then open to create two columns. Choose a topic, such as “The Ocean Environment” or “Marine Animals” and ask students to write this title at the very top of their page. Next, ask students to label the first column “What I Know Now” and the second “What I Want to Know.” Students sho ...
The Wonders of the Ocean Floor
... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Submersible_named_Star_III_in_front_of_Scripps_Institution_of_Oceanography.JPG ...
... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Submersible_named_Star_III_in_front_of_Scripps_Institution_of_Oceanography.JPG ...
Chapter 5 - The World of the Census
... Margin Biodiversity Following early exploration, ecological studies were mainly directed at understanding the mechanisms that promote high species richness, with greatest focus on processes that operate at small spatial scales (reviewed in Snelgrove & Smith 2002), or the influence of energy flux on ...
... Margin Biodiversity Following early exploration, ecological studies were mainly directed at understanding the mechanisms that promote high species richness, with greatest focus on processes that operate at small spatial scales (reviewed in Snelgrove & Smith 2002), or the influence of energy flux on ...
Coast to Coast Conference 2014 - Coastal Knowledge for Coastal
... Session 3: Challenges and Solutions in Managing Vehicles in the Coastal Zone, South Coast WA and Beyond. Coastal ecosystems are some of our most fragile, and are easily impacted on by offroad vehicle use inWestern Australias predominately sandy coastal zone. Impacts and ongoing cost of Management of ...
... Session 3: Challenges and Solutions in Managing Vehicles in the Coastal Zone, South Coast WA and Beyond. Coastal ecosystems are some of our most fragile, and are easily impacted on by offroad vehicle use inWestern Australias predominately sandy coastal zone. Impacts and ongoing cost of Management of ...
Marine Environments and Resources
... along the coast, the majority of which have no water or vegetation. The dominant coastal forms are silty beaches, rocky headlands and salt marshes, commonly bordered with mangroves. Fringing coral reefs are very common and water clarity is generally high due to the lack of sedimentation. Average pre ...
... along the coast, the majority of which have no water or vegetation. The dominant coastal forms are silty beaches, rocky headlands and salt marshes, commonly bordered with mangroves. Fringing coral reefs are very common and water clarity is generally high due to the lack of sedimentation. Average pre ...
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... over 50,000 members worldwide dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. He spoke on January 12, 2012, at the Winter Conference of the Association of Pacific Ports, a trade and information association founded to increase efficiency and effectiveness of Pacifi ...
... over 50,000 members worldwide dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. He spoke on January 12, 2012, at the Winter Conference of the Association of Pacific Ports, a trade and information association founded to increase efficiency and effectiveness of Pacifi ...
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.