Information relevant to the identification of critical habitat for
... Columbia. These data represent a compilation of the information collected through surveys, questionnaires, entanglement records, strandings, and observations obtained during ship-based cetacean surveys. As the majority of these sightings were opportunistic and therefore biased with respect to effort ...
... Columbia. These data represent a compilation of the information collected through surveys, questionnaires, entanglement records, strandings, and observations obtained during ship-based cetacean surveys. As the majority of these sightings were opportunistic and therefore biased with respect to effort ...
Protecting the Deep Sea Under International Law
... The recent expansion of fishing effort to the deep sea has given rise to increasing concern about the impacts of deep-sea fishing on the marine environment of the deep sea. Due to the demersal nature of most targeted deep-sea species, the extensive use of bottom trawling has had serious and probably ...
... The recent expansion of fishing effort to the deep sea has given rise to increasing concern about the impacts of deep-sea fishing on the marine environment of the deep sea. Due to the demersal nature of most targeted deep-sea species, the extensive use of bottom trawling has had serious and probably ...
"Marine Biology Honors" as a life science requisite
... Understands how new species arise through reproductive and geographic isolation. Understands fossil evidence for biological diversity and unity, episodic speciation, and species extinction. Understands the use of energy in cellular systems Understands how the light energy is captured by chlorophyll ...
... Understands how new species arise through reproductive and geographic isolation. Understands fossil evidence for biological diversity and unity, episodic speciation, and species extinction. Understands the use of energy in cellular systems Understands how the light energy is captured by chlorophyll ...
Sea change: Advancing Australia`s ocean interests
... change, loss of marine biodiversity, marine pollution, ocean acidification, marine natural hazards, and the impact of the oceans on drought. Direct threats are evident today and are generally receiving attention, but indirect threats tend to be longer term and mightn’t be getting the attention they ...
... change, loss of marine biodiversity, marine pollution, ocean acidification, marine natural hazards, and the impact of the oceans on drought. Direct threats are evident today and are generally receiving attention, but indirect threats tend to be longer term and mightn’t be getting the attention they ...
Coastal Hazards and Climate Change
... gas concentrations. The Fourth Assessment also showed that it is likely that anthropogenic warming has had a discernable influence on many physical and biological systems. The IPCC concluded that continued emission of greenhouse gases at or above current rates would cause further warming; this could ...
... gas concentrations. The Fourth Assessment also showed that it is likely that anthropogenic warming has had a discernable influence on many physical and biological systems. The IPCC concluded that continued emission of greenhouse gases at or above current rates would cause further warming; this could ...
Chapter 43 TROPICAL AND SUB
... However recent anthropogenic stresses are overwhelming the natural reef resistance/resilience and recovery mechanisms, resulting in major losses and declines in the reefs and their biological resources in many regions. The major threats are: overfishing and destructive fishing practices; pollution a ...
... However recent anthropogenic stresses are overwhelming the natural reef resistance/resilience and recovery mechanisms, resulting in major losses and declines in the reefs and their biological resources in many regions. The major threats are: overfishing and destructive fishing practices; pollution a ...
The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic
... decades to centuries at least. They are easily transported by wind (Gasperi et al., 2015) and water through the environment, where they may accumulate. Plastics are proving to be much more mobile than other human-made materials such as ceramics or glass. It took ceramics thousands of years to achiev ...
... decades to centuries at least. They are easily transported by wind (Gasperi et al., 2015) and water through the environment, where they may accumulate. Plastics are proving to be much more mobile than other human-made materials such as ceramics or glass. It took ceramics thousands of years to achiev ...
Presentation Notes – fully editable, add your own notes! Lesson 1
... Slide 33. A special gland allows this taxa of seabirds to drink seawater and release excess salt. Slide 34. Laysan Albatross chick. Close up of its nostril openings and grooves where water and salt flow out. Albatross chicks can be very curious and often approach people and cameras. However, like mo ...
... Slide 33. A special gland allows this taxa of seabirds to drink seawater and release excess salt. Slide 34. Laysan Albatross chick. Close up of its nostril openings and grooves where water and salt flow out. Albatross chicks can be very curious and often approach people and cameras. However, like mo ...
Consequences of increased terrestrial dissolved organic
... marine ecosystems in general and also for bacterioplankton dynamics. Still, the potential effects of increased tDOM concentrations and temperature on bacterial community structure and the relative abundance of individual bacterial ...
... marine ecosystems in general and also for bacterioplankton dynamics. Still, the potential effects of increased tDOM concentrations and temperature on bacterial community structure and the relative abundance of individual bacterial ...
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... microbial diversity within the Mediterranean. In all, the Mediterranean Sea is possibly inhabited by somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 marine species. The present high rate of introduction of exotic species into the Mediterranean Sea (Zenetos et al., 2005, 2008; Galil, 2008, 2009) is likely to mak ...
... microbial diversity within the Mediterranean. In all, the Mediterranean Sea is possibly inhabited by somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 marine species. The present high rate of introduction of exotic species into the Mediterranean Sea (Zenetos et al., 2005, 2008; Galil, 2008, 2009) is likely to mak ...
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
... suggested that the Ediacaran ocean was strongly stratified, with an oxic surface layer resting above a euxinic wedge that was sandwiched within ferruginous deep waters (Li et al., 2010). This model provides a conceptual framework for the Ediacaran ocean redox conditions, but existing data were mainly ...
... suggested that the Ediacaran ocean was strongly stratified, with an oxic surface layer resting above a euxinic wedge that was sandwiched within ferruginous deep waters (Li et al., 2010). This model provides a conceptual framework for the Ediacaran ocean redox conditions, but existing data were mainly ...
fisheries cooperation in the mediterranean and the black sea
... The Mediterranean and Black Sea basins have a long tradition of political and diplomatic cooperation structures, on the levels of both high politics and sectoral policies. North-South asymmetry and the wide economic gap were an incentive for these instruments to be constructed, but also a sizeable h ...
... The Mediterranean and Black Sea basins have a long tradition of political and diplomatic cooperation structures, on the levels of both high politics and sectoral policies. North-South asymmetry and the wide economic gap were an incentive for these instruments to be constructed, but also a sizeable h ...
Ecology of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic
... Increasing attention has been paid to AAP bacteria in marine environments exhibiting various trophic regimes. However, oligotrophic waters, which represent 60% of the surface of the oceans, have not been extensively studied. The Mediterranean Sea has a wide range of oligotrophic conditions including ...
... Increasing attention has been paid to AAP bacteria in marine environments exhibiting various trophic regimes. However, oligotrophic waters, which represent 60% of the surface of the oceans, have not been extensively studied. The Mediterranean Sea has a wide range of oligotrophic conditions including ...
Ecology of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria - HAL-Insu
... Increasing attention has been paid to AAP bacteria in marine environments exhibiting various trophic regimes. However, oligotrophic waters, which represent 60% of the surface of the oceans, have not been extensively studied. The Mediterranean Sea has a wide range of oligotrophic conditions including ...
... Increasing attention has been paid to AAP bacteria in marine environments exhibiting various trophic regimes. However, oligotrophic waters, which represent 60% of the surface of the oceans, have not been extensively studied. The Mediterranean Sea has a wide range of oligotrophic conditions including ...
Lipids and life strategy of Arctic Calanus
... Sea Gyre, Baffin Sea and the central Arctic Ocean (Figures 3 and 4; Vinogradov 1997). The first overwintering stage is stage III, and they subsequently then develop into stage IV copepodites during their second summer, with a body mass of approximately 2 mg and a lipid content of more than 50% of th ...
... Sea Gyre, Baffin Sea and the central Arctic Ocean (Figures 3 and 4; Vinogradov 1997). The first overwintering stage is stage III, and they subsequently then develop into stage IV copepodites during their second summer, with a body mass of approximately 2 mg and a lipid content of more than 50% of th ...
Government Coastal Planning Responses to Rising Sea
... The aim of this report is to provide a general overview of the state of government coastal planning responses to the challenges posed by rising sea levels. Whilst a few international jurisdictions have been included to provide a point of contrast, the report predominantly focuses upon Australian gov ...
... The aim of this report is to provide a general overview of the state of government coastal planning responses to the challenges posed by rising sea levels. Whilst a few international jurisdictions have been included to provide a point of contrast, the report predominantly focuses upon Australian gov ...
doalos - a/66/70 - Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform
... under pressure, and aquaculture is expanding. Climate change causes fish populations to be redistributed towards the poles, and tropical oceans become comparatively less diverse. Sea level rise threatens many coastal ecosystems. Ocean acidification weakens the ability of shellfish, corals and marine ...
... under pressure, and aquaculture is expanding. Climate change causes fish populations to be redistributed towards the poles, and tropical oceans become comparatively less diverse. Sea level rise threatens many coastal ecosystems. Ocean acidification weakens the ability of shellfish, corals and marine ...
Nutrient dynamics and phytoplankton development along an
... coastal zone where phytoplankton and nutrient concentrations have been intensively monitored at one sampling station (St. 330; N51o26.05; E2o48.50) between 1988 and 2000, at time intervals ranging from twice a week to twice a month (Breton et al., 2006).The long-term time series thus provide key inf ...
... coastal zone where phytoplankton and nutrient concentrations have been intensively monitored at one sampling station (St. 330; N51o26.05; E2o48.50) between 1988 and 2000, at time intervals ranging from twice a week to twice a month (Breton et al., 2006).The long-term time series thus provide key inf ...
Water mass-specificity of bacterial communities in the North
... al. 2008a; Varela et al. 2008b). Hence, dispersal and immigration of free-living microbes in the ...
... al. 2008a; Varela et al. 2008b). Hence, dispersal and immigration of free-living microbes in the ...
December 2011 - Alaska Ocean Observing System
... network of over 100 AIS receiving stations, covering most of the state. By establishing joint WX/AIS stations at existing AIS locations, and installing new stations in remote areas, real-time information can be digitally displayed on a vessel’s AIS Minimum Keyboard Display or integrated into the ves ...
... network of over 100 AIS receiving stations, covering most of the state. By establishing joint WX/AIS stations at existing AIS locations, and installing new stations in remote areas, real-time information can be digitally displayed on a vessel’s AIS Minimum Keyboard Display or integrated into the ves ...
Distribution of free-living and particle
... Little is known about the distribution and physiology of marine AAP bacteria. Originally it was suggested that they would be abundant in oligotrophic environments, where the capacity to use light might represent a significant ecological advantage (Kolber et al. 2001). Later, AAP bacteria were also f ...
... Little is known about the distribution and physiology of marine AAP bacteria. Originally it was suggested that they would be abundant in oligotrophic environments, where the capacity to use light might represent a significant ecological advantage (Kolber et al. 2001). Later, AAP bacteria were also f ...
Marine Pollution Bulletin volume …, issue, pages , year
... Glass pieces, metal objects, as well as fishing nets, cloths, paper, cigarette butts are also found in appreciable quantity in beaches and in the bottom of the Mediterranean marine environment. Thousands of tons of toxic substances and litter in the sea constitute a considerable source of pollution ...
... Glass pieces, metal objects, as well as fishing nets, cloths, paper, cigarette butts are also found in appreciable quantity in beaches and in the bottom of the Mediterranean marine environment. Thousands of tons of toxic substances and litter in the sea constitute a considerable source of pollution ...
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... to its northeast and a cyclonic eddy to its southwest. A previous study showed that a more northerly location of the North Equatorial Current (NEC) bifurcation during the 2011 cruise resulted in entrainment of more subtropical water from the Kuroshio into upper thermocline waters, while a more south ...
... to its northeast and a cyclonic eddy to its southwest. A previous study showed that a more northerly location of the North Equatorial Current (NEC) bifurcation during the 2011 cruise resulted in entrainment of more subtropical water from the Kuroshio into upper thermocline waters, while a more south ...
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.