Deep-Sea Life
... slope but also with a large-scale camber, initially posited by Rice, Thursten & New, 1990. With regards to these larger scale processes, NUIG researcher Allan Grassie and Liam Lachs were looking to detect internal tidal waves and analyse their interaction with the continental Fig. 2 - Map of the pre ...
... slope but also with a large-scale camber, initially posited by Rice, Thursten & New, 1990. With regards to these larger scale processes, NUIG researcher Allan Grassie and Liam Lachs were looking to detect internal tidal waves and analyse their interaction with the continental Fig. 2 - Map of the pre ...
ocean acidification resulting from
... limited with few active research groups, but the published understanding of mechanisms can be considered trustworthy. There have also been some important experiments exposing phytoplankton communities and different calcifiers to realistic future CO2 levels and demonstrating clear effects. In many ca ...
... limited with few active research groups, but the published understanding of mechanisms can be considered trustworthy. There have also been some important experiments exposing phytoplankton communities and different calcifiers to realistic future CO2 levels and demonstrating clear effects. In many ca ...
towards an ocean governance framework and national ocean policy
... At a world level, the predominant role of the oceans as a source of life and sustainable development is being considered. The States are adopting new approaches based on an integrated and sustainable management of the marine areas upon their jurisdiction. In this sense, the concepts on ocean governa ...
... At a world level, the predominant role of the oceans as a source of life and sustainable development is being considered. The States are adopting new approaches based on an integrated and sustainable management of the marine areas upon their jurisdiction. In this sense, the concepts on ocean governa ...
Pillars of Hercules: is the Atlantic–Mediterranean
... but it encompasses several interrelated aspects of biological diversity ranging from population to ecological communities. Although in this review we will develop those aspects of biodiversity related to population genetics, thus concentrating on intraspecific diversity, it is worth providing an ove ...
... but it encompasses several interrelated aspects of biological diversity ranging from population to ecological communities. Although in this review we will develop those aspects of biodiversity related to population genetics, thus concentrating on intraspecific diversity, it is worth providing an ove ...
Research Article
... Department of Benthos of IBSS, during 1958, 1960 during RV ‘Academic Kovalevsky’ cruises at the Bosporus area. By sampling a total of ten benthic stations at water depths of 70–113 m three ecological communities were distinguished, namely Modiolula phaseolina, located to the north-east of the Bospor ...
... Department of Benthos of IBSS, during 1958, 1960 during RV ‘Academic Kovalevsky’ cruises at the Bosporus area. By sampling a total of ten benthic stations at water depths of 70–113 m three ecological communities were distinguished, namely Modiolula phaseolina, located to the north-east of the Bospor ...
Report of the Working Group on Deep
... aspects of the presence of cold-water corals and other sensitive habitats in the NEAFC area. No information was available to the group on the presence of sensitive habitats in four areas closed to fishing by NEAFC in 2004. The group provided evidence, both of specimens and of geophysical traces of t ...
... aspects of the presence of cold-water corals and other sensitive habitats in the NEAFC area. No information was available to the group on the presence of sensitive habitats in four areas closed to fishing by NEAFC in 2004. The group provided evidence, both of specimens and of geophysical traces of t ...
Oceanic processes and the recruitment of tropical fish at Rottnest
... occurred in the same locations (shallow areas with good protection from wave action) and the larvae preferred to settle in reef areas just below the water’s surface: small juveniles were rarely found on reefs with depths of more than 1 m (at high water). The first recruits always arrived in the shal ...
... occurred in the same locations (shallow areas with good protection from wave action) and the larvae preferred to settle in reef areas just below the water’s surface: small juveniles were rarely found on reefs with depths of more than 1 m (at high water). The first recruits always arrived in the shal ...
Foraminifera and Nannoplankton in Palaeoceanography
... interstadials, in particular during stage 3. However, species such as Globigerina bulloides and Calcidiscus leptoporus are indicative for the increased interstadial productivity. In contrast, low numbers of planktic foraminifera and relatively high numbers of coccolithophores occur during stadials o ...
... interstadials, in particular during stage 3. However, species such as Globigerina bulloides and Calcidiscus leptoporus are indicative for the increased interstadial productivity. In contrast, low numbers of planktic foraminifera and relatively high numbers of coccolithophores occur during stadials o ...
Marine Fungi of U.S. Gulf of Mexico Barrier Island Beaches
... Marine fungi are an important but often overlooked component of marine ecosystems. Primarily saprotrophic, they are vital to coastal nutrient cycling processes and food webs. However, basic marine fungal distribution data are lacking in many parts of the world, as is knowledge of the sampling intens ...
... Marine fungi are an important but often overlooked component of marine ecosystems. Primarily saprotrophic, they are vital to coastal nutrient cycling processes and food webs. However, basic marine fungal distribution data are lacking in many parts of the world, as is knowledge of the sampling intens ...
CAGE
... province exists in > 2000 m water depth. In this slowspreading ridge, the generation of abiogenic methane is likely to have occurred during the high temperature serpentinization of ultramafic rocks. Analysis of Gas Hydrate Stability Zone dynamics in the Norwegian Arctic The Barents Sea is a major pa ...
... province exists in > 2000 m water depth. In this slowspreading ridge, the generation of abiogenic methane is likely to have occurred during the high temperature serpentinization of ultramafic rocks. Analysis of Gas Hydrate Stability Zone dynamics in the Norwegian Arctic The Barents Sea is a major pa ...
MTS Journal Part 2 - Ocean Innovations
... there is life even in the very deepest parts of the ocean. What started as a simple search for life has become over the years a search for answers to basic questions such as the number of species, their distribution ranges, and the composition of the fauna. The discovery of swarming snailfish at 7,70 ...
... there is life even in the very deepest parts of the ocean. What started as a simple search for life has become over the years a search for answers to basic questions such as the number of species, their distribution ranges, and the composition of the fauna. The discovery of swarming snailfish at 7,70 ...
Abrupt Ocean Anoxia During the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction
... events including a greenhouse to icehouse climatic transition, extensive continental glaciation (peaking in the Hirnantian) and associated glacioeustatic sea-level changes despite estimated high atmospheric CO2 levels (Yapp and Poths, 1992; Berner and Kothavala, 2001), a major biologic diversity inc ...
... events including a greenhouse to icehouse climatic transition, extensive continental glaciation (peaking in the Hirnantian) and associated glacioeustatic sea-level changes despite estimated high atmospheric CO2 levels (Yapp and Poths, 1992; Berner and Kothavala, 2001), a major biologic diversity inc ...
Introducing Maritime Spatial Planning Legislation in the EU: Fishing
... Thus, the MSP objective is the delivery of a comprehensive spatial plan (CSP) for a specific marine area or ecosystem. A CSP is discerned by its three-dimensional character since it addresses activities taking place on the seabed and subsoil, the water column and the surface of the sea. According to ...
... Thus, the MSP objective is the delivery of a comprehensive spatial plan (CSP) for a specific marine area or ecosystem. A CSP is discerned by its three-dimensional character since it addresses activities taking place on the seabed and subsoil, the water column and the surface of the sea. According to ...
Report on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity of the North
... commercial industries in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska are heavily dependent on natural resources. For example, approximately half of the total U.S. fisheries catch is removed from waters off the coast of Alaska (Anon. 1993). Many studies have shown a strong connection between climatic variables ...
... commercial industries in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska are heavily dependent on natural resources. For example, approximately half of the total U.S. fisheries catch is removed from waters off the coast of Alaska (Anon. 1993). Many studies have shown a strong connection between climatic variables ...
Observing climate change trends in ocean biogeochemistry: when
... The locations of ocean observing stations that include a biogeochemical component were taken from the OceanSites database (http://www.oceansites.org). Here, we limit our analysis to fixed point observatories that are identified in the OceanSites database as currently operational or planned, and whic ...
... The locations of ocean observing stations that include a biogeochemical component were taken from the OceanSites database (http://www.oceansites.org). Here, we limit our analysis to fixed point observatories that are identified in the OceanSites database as currently operational or planned, and whic ...
An Overview on the Occurrences of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs
... 1) Oceanographic observations and monitoring Oceanographic observations in Korean coastal waters have been carried out by the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) since 1921. It covers all Korean coastal waters including adjacent ; the total surface area is estimated to be a ...
... 1) Oceanographic observations and monitoring Oceanographic observations in Korean coastal waters have been carried out by the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) since 1921. It covers all Korean coastal waters including adjacent ; the total surface area is estimated to be a ...
Ocean storage
... This stratification can be seen in the tropical ocean temperature profile shown in Figure 12.5. A warmer, less dense upper layer is separated from the colder, denser deep water by an interval known as the thermocline, where temperature drops rapidly with depth. The thermocline thus marks the limit o ...
... This stratification can be seen in the tropical ocean temperature profile shown in Figure 12.5. A warmer, less dense upper layer is separated from the colder, denser deep water by an interval known as the thermocline, where temperature drops rapidly with depth. The thermocline thus marks the limit o ...
Atmosphere-Ocean Coupling and Surface Circulation of the Ocean
... our view of the ocean and the world. Monitoring of electromagnetic radiation from various Earth environments was initiated by the LANDSAT satellites beginning in 1972, followed by the NIMBUS satellites from 1978 through 1984. NIMBUS instruments provided quantitative measurements of ocean productivit ...
... our view of the ocean and the world. Monitoring of electromagnetic radiation from various Earth environments was initiated by the LANDSAT satellites beginning in 1972, followed by the NIMBUS satellites from 1978 through 1984. NIMBUS instruments provided quantitative measurements of ocean productivit ...
meiofauna marina - Gastrotricha >> Homepage
... Swedish west-coast, meiofauna was studied in a large variety of habitats using a wide range of sampling techniques. Almost 100 samples coming from littoral beaches, rock pools and different types of sublittoral sand- and mudflats yielded a total of 430 species, a conservative estimate. The main focu ...
... Swedish west-coast, meiofauna was studied in a large variety of habitats using a wide range of sampling techniques. Almost 100 samples coming from littoral beaches, rock pools and different types of sublittoral sand- and mudflats yielded a total of 430 species, a conservative estimate. The main focu ...
Rapid warming of Large Marine Ecosystems
... (IPCC-2007), the global mean surface air temperature increased by 0.74 °C while the global mean sea surface temperature (SST) rose by 0.67 °C over the last century (Trenberth et al., 2007). The World Ocean’s mean temperature in 0–3000 m layer increased by 0.037 °C between 1955 and 1998 (Levitus et a ...
... (IPCC-2007), the global mean surface air temperature increased by 0.74 °C while the global mean sea surface temperature (SST) rose by 0.67 °C over the last century (Trenberth et al., 2007). The World Ocean’s mean temperature in 0–3000 m layer increased by 0.037 °C between 1955 and 1998 (Levitus et a ...
Major issues in the management of enclosed or semi
... In this study, attention will be directed to the problems and issues that emerge in the management of enclosed or semi-enclosed seas, as defined in the 1982 Convention, with particular reference to the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. The management regime of the Caspian Sea will also be explore ...
... In this study, attention will be directed to the problems and issues that emerge in the management of enclosed or semi-enclosed seas, as defined in the 1982 Convention, with particular reference to the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. The management regime of the Caspian Sea will also be explore ...
Bathymetry: Assessing Methods - COLORS
... time and effort to cover relatively small portions of the sea bed. In general, acoustic methods can be used throughout all oceanic depths from shallow estuaries to the deepest trenches. However, ship time is costly even in deep water, and because of increasing time and effort to operate in shallow w ...
... time and effort to cover relatively small portions of the sea bed. In general, acoustic methods can be used throughout all oceanic depths from shallow estuaries to the deepest trenches. However, ship time is costly even in deep water, and because of increasing time and effort to operate in shallow w ...
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.