A Benthic-optimised Marine Environment Classification
... Environmental predictors (Table 2), chosen for their functional relevance, were derived for all sample sites by overlay onto gridded data layers at a resolution of 1 km, stored in a GIS. Depth was one of the main predictors used, but in conceptual terms it is generally recognised as functioning as a ...
... Environmental predictors (Table 2), chosen for their functional relevance, were derived for all sample sites by overlay onto gridded data layers at a resolution of 1 km, stored in a GIS. Depth was one of the main predictors used, but in conceptual terms it is generally recognised as functioning as a ...
Kelp Forests
... stipe from the canopy to the holdfast and to fronds growing near the bottom. d. Dependence on light for photosynthesis restricts kelp to depths less than 40 m (131 ft.). Kelp forests thrive best in relatively clear waters at 6 to 37 m (20–120 ft.) depths. 5. Kelp also requires dissolved nutrients fr ...
... stipe from the canopy to the holdfast and to fronds growing near the bottom. d. Dependence on light for photosynthesis restricts kelp to depths less than 40 m (131 ft.). Kelp forests thrive best in relatively clear waters at 6 to 37 m (20–120 ft.) depths. 5. Kelp also requires dissolved nutrients fr ...
OEAS - Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
... OEAS 250N. Understanding Natural Disasters. 4 Credits. This course introduces the science behind some of Earth's natural phenomena that can, and often do, result in major loss of life or catastrophic damage to property. It includes an overview, with relevant case studies, of earthquakes, tsunamis, l ...
... OEAS 250N. Understanding Natural Disasters. 4 Credits. This course introduces the science behind some of Earth's natural phenomena that can, and often do, result in major loss of life or catastrophic damage to property. It includes an overview, with relevant case studies, of earthquakes, tsunamis, l ...
Nutrient gradients in the western North Atlantic Ocean
... began at a water temperature of 231C, persisted until leveling off at values ranging from 3 to 5 mM in the low-temperature coastal shelf waters of the North Atlantic Bight. Changes in SRP paralleled those of N+N, however, SRP increased at the southern edge of the spring bloom by only a factor of 10 i ...
... began at a water temperature of 231C, persisted until leveling off at values ranging from 3 to 5 mM in the low-temperature coastal shelf waters of the North Atlantic Bight. Changes in SRP paralleled those of N+N, however, SRP increased at the southern edge of the spring bloom by only a factor of 10 i ...
New perspectives in benthic deep-sea microbial ecology
... Although the scientific discovery of the ubiquitous and enormous abundance of microorganisms dates back to the 1860s, microbes inhabiting the deep sea started to be studied in detail only in the 1950s, along with the appearance of the first historical monographs on marine microbiology (e.g., Benecke ...
... Although the scientific discovery of the ubiquitous and enormous abundance of microorganisms dates back to the 1860s, microbes inhabiting the deep sea started to be studied in detail only in the 1950s, along with the appearance of the first historical monographs on marine microbiology (e.g., Benecke ...
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... the largest portion of the free-living bacteria present in our samples, also showed a very low DMS production rate (1 to 2 nM h-') at both stations. This suggests that the largest free-living bacteria made a relatively small contribution to DMS production in comparison with attached bacteria or phyt ...
... the largest portion of the free-living bacteria present in our samples, also showed a very low DMS production rate (1 to 2 nM h-') at both stations. This suggests that the largest free-living bacteria made a relatively small contribution to DMS production in comparison with attached bacteria or phyt ...
Early ice retreat and ocean warming may induce copepod
... and Hirche, 2009; Hopcroft et al., 2010; Darnis and Fortier, 2014] and are high-quality food for the commercial fish species such as pollock, cod, capelin, and herring [Hunt et al., 2002; Wassmann et al., 2006b]. The endemic calanoid C. glacialis is the most important species of this genus in the Arc ...
... and Hirche, 2009; Hopcroft et al., 2010; Darnis and Fortier, 2014] and are high-quality food for the commercial fish species such as pollock, cod, capelin, and herring [Hunt et al., 2002; Wassmann et al., 2006b]. The endemic calanoid C. glacialis is the most important species of this genus in the Arc ...
Climate Change – STRIVE Report Series No. 4
... Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for the Environment (STRIVE) 2007-2013 The Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for the Environment (STRIVE) programme covers the period 2007 to 2013. The programme comprises three key measures: Sustainable Development, Cleaner Production and Envi ...
... Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for the Environment (STRIVE) 2007-2013 The Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for the Environment (STRIVE) programme covers the period 2007 to 2013. The programme comprises three key measures: Sustainable Development, Cleaner Production and Envi ...
4. Movement Patterns - Sustainable Initiatives
... Benthic feeding grounds in relatively shallow, protected waters Females deposit egg clutches on high energy beaches, usually on islands, where a deep nest cavity can be dug above the high water line. Hatchlings leave the beach and apparently move into convergence zones in the open ocean where they ...
... Benthic feeding grounds in relatively shallow, protected waters Females deposit egg clutches on high energy beaches, usually on islands, where a deep nest cavity can be dug above the high water line. Hatchlings leave the beach and apparently move into convergence zones in the open ocean where they ...
Cover - IMBER
... systems and processes. The journal encourages reports on a wide array of environments, including lakes, rivers, marshes, springs, lagoons, solar pans, estuaries, and the open ocean, and their micro-‐ ...
... systems and processes. The journal encourages reports on a wide array of environments, including lakes, rivers, marshes, springs, lagoons, solar pans, estuaries, and the open ocean, and their micro-‐ ...
A Tribute to Hinduism - Dwaraka - Hindu Temple of Greater Cincinnati
... The information and material secured through underwater excavation off Dwaraka corroborates with the references to the City of Dwaraka, made in the Great Epic Mahabharata and various other Sanskrit literary works. In Mahabharata, there is a specific account about the submerging of Dwaraka, by the se ...
... The information and material secured through underwater excavation off Dwaraka corroborates with the references to the City of Dwaraka, made in the Great Epic Mahabharata and various other Sanskrit literary works. In Mahabharata, there is a specific account about the submerging of Dwaraka, by the se ...
Primary production in the Yellow Sea determined by ocean color
... for the other stations because of a lack of light profile or diffuse attenuation data. The daily water-column primary production at these 37 stations was compared with satellite-derived primary production, even though the 2 data sets did not coincide temporally. Cruise data on temperature, salinity, ...
... for the other stations because of a lack of light profile or diffuse attenuation data. The daily water-column primary production at these 37 stations was compared with satellite-derived primary production, even though the 2 data sets did not coincide temporally. Cruise data on temperature, salinity, ...
Angus Mackenzie - Water Column Effects Harmful Algae Blooms
... result of the transient dominance by one or a few species over others, due to favourable physical (e.g. salinity/temperature), chemical (e.g. nutrients) or biological (e.g. life cycle behaviours) factors that enhance their growth. Algal blooms are essential to the normal functioning of the marine ec ...
... result of the transient dominance by one or a few species over others, due to favourable physical (e.g. salinity/temperature), chemical (e.g. nutrients) or biological (e.g. life cycle behaviours) factors that enhance their growth. Algal blooms are essential to the normal functioning of the marine ec ...
3.1 Sediments and Water Quality
... The quality of coastal and marine sediments is influenced substantially by inputs from adjacent watersheds (Turner and Rabalais 2003). Proximity to watersheds with large cities or intensively farmed lands often increases the amount of both inorganic and organic contaminants that find their way into ...
... The quality of coastal and marine sediments is influenced substantially by inputs from adjacent watersheds (Turner and Rabalais 2003). Proximity to watersheds with large cities or intensively farmed lands often increases the amount of both inorganic and organic contaminants that find their way into ...
Abundance and ecological implications of microplastic
... relationship between life history characteristics and rafting success ................... 28 Figure 1.3. Number of academic articles vs. popular articles on oceanic plastic 19842011 ...................................................................................................................... ...
... relationship between life history characteristics and rafting success ................... 28 Figure 1.3. Number of academic articles vs. popular articles on oceanic plastic 19842011 ...................................................................................................................... ...
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... Many biologists, particularly those working with photosynthetic organisms or symbioses (e.g. coral reefs), are concerned with organisms in the shallow inshore zone, close to the coast, where it has been shown that it may be inappropriate to apply gridded temperature data that have been derived from ...
... Many biologists, particularly those working with photosynthetic organisms or symbioses (e.g. coral reefs), are concerned with organisms in the shallow inshore zone, close to the coast, where it has been shown that it may be inappropriate to apply gridded temperature data that have been derived from ...
Environmental Management of Deep
... I.1 Attributes of vents and seeps Both vent and seep ecosystems are fueled primarily by microbial primary production through a process known as chemosynthesis. Instead of using energy from sunlight to fix inorganic carbon into organic carbon (photosynthesis), microbes in vent and seep ecosystems use ...
... I.1 Attributes of vents and seeps Both vent and seep ecosystems are fueled primarily by microbial primary production through a process known as chemosynthesis. Instead of using energy from sunlight to fix inorganic carbon into organic carbon (photosynthesis), microbes in vent and seep ecosystems use ...
Marine Science
... been conducted on younger glass eels or elvers. High river discharge and dark periods around the new moon were favourable for upstream migration. Miller et al. (2016) highlighted the fact that the three northern hemisphere anguillid species experienced recruitment declines at similar times and that ...
... been conducted on younger glass eels or elvers. High river discharge and dark periods around the new moon were favourable for upstream migration. Miller et al. (2016) highlighted the fact that the three northern hemisphere anguillid species experienced recruitment declines at similar times and that ...
STRIVE Assessment and Monitoring of Ocean Noise in Irish Waters 2007-2013
... on a vessel or arranged in a device, towed along by a ...
... on a vessel or arranged in a device, towed along by a ...
Annual Report 2014 - 2015 - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
... Argo Project characterizes the state of the upper ocean. Deep Argo floats are being deployed. The Consortium on the Ocean’s Role in Climate observes the ocean boundary currents. Two moorings in the California Current provide real-time observations of ocean physics, chemistry, and biology. Genomics a ...
... Argo Project characterizes the state of the upper ocean. Deep Argo floats are being deployed. The Consortium on the Ocean’s Role in Climate observes the ocean boundary currents. Two moorings in the California Current provide real-time observations of ocean physics, chemistry, and biology. Genomics a ...
Complete Theme Section in pdf format
... to detect carrion, usually by either distance or touch chemoreception, or both, deliberating to move toward it, and eventually consume either part or all of it’. The exploitation of this behaviour has enabled fishers and scientists to use bait to harvest marine scavengers, and to obtain information ...
... to detect carrion, usually by either distance or touch chemoreception, or both, deliberating to move toward it, and eventually consume either part or all of it’. The exploitation of this behaviour has enabled fishers and scientists to use bait to harvest marine scavengers, and to obtain information ...
Effect of Detachment on the Palatability of two Kelp Species
... test for the presence of chemical defences in marine macroalgae. The first is based on an empirical method where algae that were exposed to either: (i) naturally occurring herbivory, (ii) experimental grazing levels or (iii) artificial injury in situ, are collected from the field and evaluated for t ...
... test for the presence of chemical defences in marine macroalgae. The first is based on an empirical method where algae that were exposed to either: (i) naturally occurring herbivory, (ii) experimental grazing levels or (iii) artificial injury in situ, are collected from the field and evaluated for t ...
Darwin and The Adventure final report (dsmb)
... to promote the lasting legacies of HMS Beagle, including the historic second voyage with Robert Fitzroy, the captain of HMS Beagle and founder of the UK Meteorological Office, and Charles Darwin. As part of long-term planning, the HMS Beagle Project aims to conduct particular expeditions around Sout ...
... to promote the lasting legacies of HMS Beagle, including the historic second voyage with Robert Fitzroy, the captain of HMS Beagle and founder of the UK Meteorological Office, and Charles Darwin. As part of long-term planning, the HMS Beagle Project aims to conduct particular expeditions around Sout ...
Marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather than on taxonomy. Marine biology differs from marine ecology as marine ecology is focused on how organisms interact with each other and the environment, while biology is the study of the organisms themselves.A large proportion of all life on Earth lives in the ocean. Exactly how large the proportion is unknown, since many ocean species are still to be discovered. The ocean is a complex three-dimensional world covering about 71% of the Earth's surface. The habitats studied in marine biology include everything from the tiny layers of surface water in which organisms and abiotic items may be trapped in surface tension between the ocean and atmosphere, to the depths of the oceanic trenches, sometimes 10,000 meters or more beneath the surface of the ocean. Specific habitats include coral reefs, kelp forests, seagrass meadows, the surrounds of seamounts and thermal vents, tidepools, muddy, sandy and rocky bottoms, and the open ocean (pelagic) zone, where solid objects are rare and the surface of the water is the only visible boundary. The organisms studied range from microscopic phytoplankton and zooplankton to huge cetaceans (whales) 30 meters (98 feet) in length.Marine life is a vast resource, providing food, medicine, and raw materials, in addition to helping to support recreation and tourism all over the world. At a fundamental level, marine life helps determine the very nature of our planet. Marine organisms contribute significantly to the oxygen cycle, and are involved in the regulation of the Earth's climate. Shorelines are in part shaped and protected by marine life, and some marine organisms even help create new land.Many species are economically important to humans, including food fish (both finfish and shellfish). It is also becoming understood that the well-being of marine organisms and other organisms are linked in very fundamental ways. The human body of knowledge regarding the relationship between life in the sea and important cycles is rapidly growing, with new discoveries being made nearly every day. These cycles include those of matter (such as the carbon cycle) and of air (such as Earth's respiration, and movement of energy through ecosystems including the ocean). Large areas beneath the ocean surface still remain effectively unexplored.