Developing a Marine Debris Reduction Plan for Virginia
... Marine debris is of local, regional, national, and global concern. It has become one of the most widespread pollution problems in the world’s oceans and waterways, impacting wildlife, human health and safety, habitats, and economies. Marine debris is defined as any persistent solid material that is ...
... Marine debris is of local, regional, national, and global concern. It has become one of the most widespread pollution problems in the world’s oceans and waterways, impacting wildlife, human health and safety, habitats, and economies. Marine debris is defined as any persistent solid material that is ...
The Pacific Garbage Patch: A Plastic`s Paradise The ocean, a
... Pacific Garbage Patch”). Yet the “circular motion of the gyre draws debris into this stable center, where it becomes trapped (“Great Pacific Garbage Patch”). The more we allow our litter to end up in oceans, the faster and bigger the patch will grow. Often times, we tend only worry about the visible ...
... Pacific Garbage Patch”). Yet the “circular motion of the gyre draws debris into this stable center, where it becomes trapped (“Great Pacific Garbage Patch”). The more we allow our litter to end up in oceans, the faster and bigger the patch will grow. Often times, we tend only worry about the visible ...
First Meeting of the joint IOC-ICES Study Group - Archimer
... Presently the basic problem when comparing data for concentrations of nutrients in the ocean is that when data from different cruises are compared at cross over points the comparability is not as good as was hoped for when methods were review by the WOCE planning groups in 1993. Rather than the 1% c ...
... Presently the basic problem when comparing data for concentrations of nutrients in the ocean is that when data from different cruises are compared at cross over points the comparability is not as good as was hoped for when methods were review by the WOCE planning groups in 1993. Rather than the 1% c ...
Interpretation and design of ocean acidification experiments in
... Coastal upwelling regimes are some of the most productive ecosystems in the ocean but are also among the most vulnerable to ocean acidification (OA) due to naturally high background concentrations of CO2. Yet our ability to predict how these ecosystems will respond to additional CO2 resulting from an ...
... Coastal upwelling regimes are some of the most productive ecosystems in the ocean but are also among the most vulnerable to ocean acidification (OA) due to naturally high background concentrations of CO2. Yet our ability to predict how these ecosystems will respond to additional CO2 resulting from an ...
Marine Litter Distribution and Density in European Seas, from the
... diverse, plastics are by far the most abundant material recorded [20–22]. Because of their persistence and hydrophobic nature, their impact on marine ecosystems is of great concern. Plastics are a source of toxic chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dioxins that can be lethal to ma ...
... diverse, plastics are by far the most abundant material recorded [20–22]. Because of their persistence and hydrophobic nature, their impact on marine ecosystems is of great concern. Plastics are a source of toxic chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dioxins that can be lethal to ma ...
The submersible and oceanography.
... Concurrently with the initiation of this study, it was announced that a budget item, amounting to $3 million, which was to cover leasing of submersibles for work in support of marine science, had been deleted. ...
... Concurrently with the initiation of this study, it was announced that a budget item, amounting to $3 million, which was to cover leasing of submersibles for work in support of marine science, had been deleted. ...
Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerabilities in Canada`s Pacific
... hundreds of volunteers, CPAWS works collaboratively with governments, local communities, industry and indigenous peoples to protect our country’s amazing natural places. We’re also on guard to ensure that our parks are managed to protect the nature within them. WWF is one of the world’s most experie ...
... hundreds of volunteers, CPAWS works collaboratively with governments, local communities, industry and indigenous peoples to protect our country’s amazing natural places. We’re also on guard to ensure that our parks are managed to protect the nature within them. WWF is one of the world’s most experie ...
National ocean policy: the basic texts from
... marine environment, will influence other sites, i.e. human activities conducted in the coastal zone can have significant impacts on the offshore environment, and vice-versa. Furthermore, the ocean being located downstream of land-based processes and activities, receives their influence and impact. A con ...
... marine environment, will influence other sites, i.e. human activities conducted in the coastal zone can have significant impacts on the offshore environment, and vice-versa. Furthermore, the ocean being located downstream of land-based processes and activities, receives their influence and impact. A con ...
HABs in Fjords and Coastal Embayments
... embayments are complex and interactions and processes occur over a broad range of scales. Finally, research will be international in scope to encompass the global issues of HAB events and benefit from the skill and experience gained by HAB investigators world-wide. The GEOHAB CRPs are built on the p ...
... embayments are complex and interactions and processes occur over a broad range of scales. Finally, research will be international in scope to encompass the global issues of HAB events and benefit from the skill and experience gained by HAB investigators world-wide. The GEOHAB CRPs are built on the p ...
Cumulative impact on benthic biotopes
... development and presented in this current report below. As a provisional and conceptual boundary or target, a declining trend in the level of impact caused by the anthropogenic pressures (or the reverse of trend) can be used. This has also been proposed for the OSPAR BH3 indicator. However, it has b ...
... development and presented in this current report below. As a provisional and conceptual boundary or target, a declining trend in the level of impact caused by the anthropogenic pressures (or the reverse of trend) can be used. This has also been proposed for the OSPAR BH3 indicator. However, it has b ...
ArcCoML - Arctic Ocean Diversity
... represent considerable biomass (ibid), and are thought to be important in controlling Calanus populations (Falkenhaug & Sakshaug 1991). Hyperiid amphipods can also be common in Arctic waters (Mumm 1993, Auel & Werner 2003), and a similar potential to graze a notable proportion of the Calanus populat ...
... represent considerable biomass (ibid), and are thought to be important in controlling Calanus populations (Falkenhaug & Sakshaug 1991). Hyperiid amphipods can also be common in Arctic waters (Mumm 1993, Auel & Werner 2003), and a similar potential to graze a notable proportion of the Calanus populat ...
QUESTION: Review
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BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY 2001 IN REVIEW
... The Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) is a major oceanographic research facility, established in 1962 by the Federal Government of Canada and is located on the shores of the Bedford Basin in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The Institute will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2002. Over the last four d ...
... The Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) is a major oceanographic research facility, established in 1962 by the Federal Government of Canada and is located on the shores of the Bedford Basin in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The Institute will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2002. Over the last four d ...
Legal Issues Concerning Conservation and Protection of Marine
... circumstances. In addition to this, new communities have been discovered into the cold seep fields and all over the ocean that contain unique organisms with the distinctive characteristics and genes. Thus the numbers of States and companies are engaged into the bioprospecting within these areas as t ...
... circumstances. In addition to this, new communities have been discovered into the cold seep fields and all over the ocean that contain unique organisms with the distinctive characteristics and genes. Thus the numbers of States and companies are engaged into the bioprospecting within these areas as t ...
Paleoceanographic applications of trace
... analysis of paleomarine systems. Algeo and Maynard (2008) showed that it was possible to assess whether a given paleomarine system had a restricted or unrestricted deep watermass on the basis of covariation or lack thereof among trace metals in sedimentary successions. Strong covariation of trace-me ...
... analysis of paleomarine systems. Algeo and Maynard (2008) showed that it was possible to assess whether a given paleomarine system had a restricted or unrestricted deep watermass on the basis of covariation or lack thereof among trace metals in sedimentary successions. Strong covariation of trace-me ...
the southern ocean observing system
... biogeochemical and biological state of the Southern Ocean are critical. The lack of historical observations has slowed progress in understanding the Southern Ocean and its connections to other parts of the Earth system. However, advances in technology and knowledge mean that it is now possible to de ...
... biogeochemical and biological state of the Southern Ocean are critical. The lack of historical observations has slowed progress in understanding the Southern Ocean and its connections to other parts of the Earth system. However, advances in technology and knowledge mean that it is now possible to de ...
The Southern Ocean Observing System
... biogeochemical and biological state of the Southern Ocean are critical. The lack of historical observations has slowed progress in understanding the Southern Ocean and its connections to other parts of the Earth system. However, advances in technology and knowledge mean that it is now possible to de ...
... biogeochemical and biological state of the Southern Ocean are critical. The lack of historical observations has slowed progress in understanding the Southern Ocean and its connections to other parts of the Earth system. However, advances in technology and knowledge mean that it is now possible to de ...
Fifth IOC/WESTPAC Training Course on NEAR
... Tokyo, Mr. Naoyuki HASEGAWA, Japan Meteorological Agency, Dr. Yutaka NAGATA, Director of Marine Information Research Center, Japan Hydrographic Association, Mr. Tsuyoshi SHIOTA, GOOS Project Office, IOC and Mr. Greg Reed, Ocean Services Section, IOC. Furthermore, he stressed that since oceanographic ...
... Tokyo, Mr. Naoyuki HASEGAWA, Japan Meteorological Agency, Dr. Yutaka NAGATA, Director of Marine Information Research Center, Japan Hydrographic Association, Mr. Tsuyoshi SHIOTA, GOOS Project Office, IOC and Mr. Greg Reed, Ocean Services Section, IOC. Furthermore, he stressed that since oceanographic ...
National and Regional Capacities and - ICMyL
... Centre (CLARC) to collate information on national and regional capacities and experiences with MIS, including BW, management, as a baseline against which future projects can be proposed as well as assessed. Two bilingual questionnaires, aimed at garnering information at the national and regional lev ...
... Centre (CLARC) to collate information on national and regional capacities and experiences with MIS, including BW, management, as a baseline against which future projects can be proposed as well as assessed. Two bilingual questionnaires, aimed at garnering information at the national and regional lev ...
Salinity Patterns in the Ocean
... matter, mainly consisting of salts, dissolved in the water (see Salinity, Volume 1). The original definition of salinity was in terms of grams of dissolved salts per kilogram of seawater. Salinity is now defined in terms of seawater conductivity, and is currently calibrated using a standard solution ...
... matter, mainly consisting of salts, dissolved in the water (see Salinity, Volume 1). The original definition of salinity was in terms of grams of dissolved salts per kilogram of seawater. Salinity is now defined in terms of seawater conductivity, and is currently calibrated using a standard solution ...
SCIENCE GUIDANCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT
... beyond those which would be expected if there were only a collection of MPAs, each sited optimally and functioning for some individual specific purpose. Examples of the types of network-level outcomes that might be expected from an MPA network are: Protection of critical life history stages for sp ...
... beyond those which would be expected if there were only a collection of MPAs, each sited optimally and functioning for some individual specific purpose. Examples of the types of network-level outcomes that might be expected from an MPA network are: Protection of critical life history stages for sp ...
Biological and physical processes in and around Astoria submarine
... Astoria Canyon is a highly productive fishery region. The canyon is home for many pelagic fish species, and many years of surveys have found extensive groundfish resources there as well. Despite the importance of its fisheries resources, we know little about the pathways leading from primary nutrien ...
... Astoria Canyon is a highly productive fishery region. The canyon is home for many pelagic fish species, and many years of surveys have found extensive groundfish resources there as well. Despite the importance of its fisheries resources, we know little about the pathways leading from primary nutrien ...
Strategic Research Agenda for the Black Sea Basin - SEAS-ERA
... 5.1.2. Understanding climatic variability and climate change impacts on coastal and offshore ecosystems in the Black Sea including the effects of ocean acidification ...................................................................................................... 23 5.1.3. Changes in biodiversi ...
... 5.1.2. Understanding climatic variability and climate change impacts on coastal and offshore ecosystems in the Black Sea including the effects of ocean acidification ...................................................................................................... 23 5.1.3. Changes in biodiversi ...
Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Ocean Management Plan
... process. The collaborative planning model for the Plan, which is described in more detail later, provides opportunities for meaningful participation and input by all stakeholders, including government, industry sectors, community and Aboriginal organizations, conservation interests, the research com ...
... process. The collaborative planning model for the Plan, which is described in more detail later, provides opportunities for meaningful participation and input by all stakeholders, including government, industry sectors, community and Aboriginal organizations, conservation interests, the research com ...
the microbial loop - UMass Boston OpenCourseWare
... Epifluorescent enumeration of bacteria with AO and DAPI revolutionized the field of microbial ecology. Before these techniques were introduced, microbial ecologists had to rely on laboratory culture techniques to estimate field populations. In the most probable number (mpn) technique, a field sample ...
... Epifluorescent enumeration of bacteria with AO and DAPI revolutionized the field of microbial ecology. Before these techniques were introduced, microbial ecologists had to rely on laboratory culture techniques to estimate field populations. In the most probable number (mpn) technique, a field sample ...
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.