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... information exchange and co-operation to promote the protection and sustainable development of the world’s oceans. The foundation’s mission is to identify ocean stakeholders and their projects and to spread knowledge about ocean use and protection, in order to increase ocean awareness. One of the sp ...
... information exchange and co-operation to promote the protection and sustainable development of the world’s oceans. The foundation’s mission is to identify ocean stakeholders and their projects and to spread knowledge about ocean use and protection, in order to increase ocean awareness. One of the sp ...
Review of the Southern Ocean Sanctuary: Marine Protected Areas in
... exclusion of whaling from ecologically important areas, in advance of the potential resumption of harvesting under the RMP. While a laudable social goal for some cultures, these are not scientific aims and therefore cannot be regarded as regional cooperation in the context of this review. In contras ...
... exclusion of whaling from ecologically important areas, in advance of the potential resumption of harvesting under the RMP. While a laudable social goal for some cultures, these are not scientific aims and therefore cannot be regarded as regional cooperation in the context of this review. In contras ...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PLANKTON
... and in the timing (phenology) of populations (Edwards and Richardson, 2004; Richardson and Schoeman, 2004). Highly significant relationships have been found between plankton, salmon returns to home waters, cod and other demersal species and three indices of hydrometeorological forcing (Northern Hemi ...
... and in the timing (phenology) of populations (Edwards and Richardson, 2004; Richardson and Schoeman, 2004). Highly significant relationships have been found between plankton, salmon returns to home waters, cod and other demersal species and three indices of hydrometeorological forcing (Northern Hemi ...
Remote Sensing of the Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient and Related
... change and its effects on the global carbon cycle (Hooker, Esaias et al. 1992). In this context, remote sensing of the marine chlorophyll concentration (CHL) and the diffuse attenuation of Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR), denoted hereafter by KPAR, have been widely investigated for the ...
... change and its effects on the global carbon cycle (Hooker, Esaias et al. 1992). In this context, remote sensing of the marine chlorophyll concentration (CHL) and the diffuse attenuation of Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR), denoted hereafter by KPAR, have been widely investigated for the ...
Sediment Deposition Supports Seafloor Spreading
... microfossils that drift down through the water. Microfossils are fossilized microscopic organisms. Common 1500 m types include nannofossils, foraminifers, and diatoms. When microfossils are the major component of basement the sediment, then that sediment can be called an ooze. The sediment layer can ...
... microfossils that drift down through the water. Microfossils are fossilized microscopic organisms. Common 1500 m types include nannofossils, foraminifers, and diatoms. When microfossils are the major component of basement the sediment, then that sediment can be called an ooze. The sediment layer can ...
The `inconvenient ocean` Undesirable consequences of terrestrial
... productivity, enhancing the rate of CO2 uptake by the ocean. It follows that any loss dust sources would drive a reduction of CO2 uptake. This has clear implications for future climate change. So, under what circumstances might a reduction in dust supply to the ocean occur? Terrestrial ecosystem mo ...
... productivity, enhancing the rate of CO2 uptake by the ocean. It follows that any loss dust sources would drive a reduction of CO2 uptake. This has clear implications for future climate change. So, under what circumstances might a reduction in dust supply to the ocean occur? Terrestrial ecosystem mo ...
Protection of the Seabed Environment
... 2. Burial sensitivity of deep-sea animals and their response to the type of disturbance caused during commercial activity, as well as the recovery of animal communities over space and time. 3. Impacts on the ocean layers above a mine site caused by unwanted materials that could be released from a mi ...
... 2. Burial sensitivity of deep-sea animals and their response to the type of disturbance caused during commercial activity, as well as the recovery of animal communities over space and time. 3. Impacts on the ocean layers above a mine site caused by unwanted materials that could be released from a mi ...
2. Challenges and Opportunities
... Aquaculture can satisfy EU demand for healthy and sustainably produced fish products over and above the level that can be provided by capture fisheries. The Atlantic's clean coastal waters washed by strong tides provide an opportunity for meeting this demand, remaining competitive in a global market ...
... Aquaculture can satisfy EU demand for healthy and sustainably produced fish products over and above the level that can be provided by capture fisheries. The Atlantic's clean coastal waters washed by strong tides provide an opportunity for meeting this demand, remaining competitive in a global market ...
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 21.11.2011
... Aquaculture can satisfy EU demand for healthy and sustainably produced fish products over and above the level that can be provided by capture fisheries. The Atlantic's clean coastal waters washed by strong tides provide an opportunity for meeting this demand, remaining competitive in a global market ...
... Aquaculture can satisfy EU demand for healthy and sustainably produced fish products over and above the level that can be provided by capture fisheries. The Atlantic's clean coastal waters washed by strong tides provide an opportunity for meeting this demand, remaining competitive in a global market ...
16 - Glencoe
... occurring almost daily. The shoreline is the place where the ocean meets the land. Shorelines are shaped by the action of waves, tides, and currents. The location of the shoreline constantly changes as the tide moves in and out. As waves erode some shorelines, they create some of the most impressive ...
... occurring almost daily. The shoreline is the place where the ocean meets the land. Shorelines are shaped by the action of waves, tides, and currents. The location of the shoreline constantly changes as the tide moves in and out. As waves erode some shorelines, they create some of the most impressive ...
Marine Ecosystem-based Management in Practice: Scientific and
... 2003, USCOP 2004). The panels suggested that such a strategy should balance the interests of diverse stakeholder groups, consider the status of both target and nontarget species, incorporate networks of MPAs to protect habitats and their associated biota, and adopt an overarching system of ocean zon ...
... 2003, USCOP 2004). The panels suggested that such a strategy should balance the interests of diverse stakeholder groups, consider the status of both target and nontarget species, incorporate networks of MPAs to protect habitats and their associated biota, and adopt an overarching system of ocean zon ...
Coral Bleaching, an Imminent Threat to Marine Biodiversity
... land erosion, etc.), have to be taken into consideration when predicting the future of coral reefs. The synergetic effect of these stress factors (marine pollution and overfishing) can deteriorate trophic relationships between organisms within the coral reef ecosystem, by stimulating excessive growt ...
... land erosion, etc.), have to be taken into consideration when predicting the future of coral reefs. The synergetic effect of these stress factors (marine pollution and overfishing) can deteriorate trophic relationships between organisms within the coral reef ecosystem, by stimulating excessive growt ...
4. STATUS OF CORAL REEFS IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN
... Toamasina, with a reef flat covered by seagrasses. The west coast has more than 1000 km of reefs, located in the northwest and southwest. These reefs have suffered significant damage from sediment runoff as most of the forests have been cleared for timber, and slash and burn agriculture. Fishing pre ...
... Toamasina, with a reef flat covered by seagrasses. The west coast has more than 1000 km of reefs, located in the northwest and southwest. These reefs have suffered significant damage from sediment runoff as most of the forests have been cleared for timber, and slash and burn agriculture. Fishing pre ...
State of the Environment | South Australia | 2013
... world’s largest known breeding aggregation of Australian giant cuttlefish (Steer et al. 2013). Our waters are feeding grounds for endangered blue whales, bottlenose dolphins, and sperm and pilot whales, and attract increasing numbers of southern right whales to breed and calve each year. At the othe ...
... world’s largest known breeding aggregation of Australian giant cuttlefish (Steer et al. 2013). Our waters are feeding grounds for endangered blue whales, bottlenose dolphins, and sperm and pilot whales, and attract increasing numbers of southern right whales to breed and calve each year. At the othe ...
Stratigraphy of the Anthropocene
... humans have created, particularly in urban areas (Price et al., this volume). These are robust, largely made of modified geological materials (e.g. sand, gravel, limestone, mudstone, oil shale, coal and mineral spoil, and hard rock), together with more or less novel materials (plastics, metal alloys ...
... humans have created, particularly in urban areas (Price et al., this volume). These are robust, largely made of modified geological materials (e.g. sand, gravel, limestone, mudstone, oil shale, coal and mineral spoil, and hard rock), together with more or less novel materials (plastics, metal alloys ...
Section One: Introduction - Coral Reef Targeted Research
... management principles to marine ecosystems. The first is the degree of physical and biological interconnection. Seawater transports nutrients, dissolved gases, silts and pollutants. It sustains life for bacteria, plants and animals ranging from single cells to great whales. The flow of seawater is d ...
... management principles to marine ecosystems. The first is the degree of physical and biological interconnection. Seawater transports nutrients, dissolved gases, silts and pollutants. It sustains life for bacteria, plants and animals ranging from single cells to great whales. The flow of seawater is d ...
On and Under the Sea
... tons, provide the sound basis for the use of large-scale equipment such as the ROV KIEL 6000. The ship’s custom-built hull prevents the formation of bubbles, which can interfere with the mapping of the sea floor by its sonar systems. Re-use of water, special waste separation systems and the usage o ...
... tons, provide the sound basis for the use of large-scale equipment such as the ROV KIEL 6000. The ship’s custom-built hull prevents the formation of bubbles, which can interfere with the mapping of the sea floor by its sonar systems. Re-use of water, special waste separation systems and the usage o ...
Chapter 13 Section 3 Life in the Ocean
... • The benthic environment is divided into ecological zones based on where different types of benthos live. ...
... • The benthic environment is divided into ecological zones based on where different types of benthos live. ...
1 Lissodelphis borealis (Peale, 1848) English: Northern right
... off San Clemente Island, L. borealis were only present between November and April. During both seasons they were commonly observed off central and northern California, and in summer they were also observed off Southern California near the offshore edge of the study area. This evidence for a winter i ...
... off San Clemente Island, L. borealis were only present between November and April. During both seasons they were commonly observed off central and northern California, and in summer they were also observed off Southern California near the offshore edge of the study area. This evidence for a winter i ...
Nearshore Marine Ecoregion - State Employee Information Center
... Nearshore marine communities are typically formed by distinct assemblages of species associated with the intertidal, subtidal and pelagic habitats. This zonation is the result of each species’ response to physical and biological factors in the local environment. Environmental conditions include expo ...
... Nearshore marine communities are typically formed by distinct assemblages of species associated with the intertidal, subtidal and pelagic habitats. This zonation is the result of each species’ response to physical and biological factors in the local environment. Environmental conditions include expo ...
Marine Habitat Mapping Technology Workshop for Alaska April 2
... The waters off Alaska’s coast support abundant and nationally significant populations of fish and marine mammals, yet resource managers lack basic information about the marine habitats that support this bounty. Fishermen and geologists can tell us broadly about the types of seafloor found in various ...
... The waters off Alaska’s coast support abundant and nationally significant populations of fish and marine mammals, yet resource managers lack basic information about the marine habitats that support this bounty. Fishermen and geologists can tell us broadly about the types of seafloor found in various ...
Ocean Exploration - Division on Earth and Life Studies
... The ocean is the largest biosphere on Earth, covering nearly threequarters of our planet’s surface and occupying a volume of 1.3 billion cubic kilometers. Despite the major role of the ocean in making the Earth habitable—through climate regulation, rainwater supply, petroleum and natural gas resourc ...
... The ocean is the largest biosphere on Earth, covering nearly threequarters of our planet’s surface and occupying a volume of 1.3 billion cubic kilometers. Despite the major role of the ocean in making the Earth habitable—through climate regulation, rainwater supply, petroleum and natural gas resourc ...
Plankton 2015 - State of Australia`s oceans
... progress against currents. Most plankton is microscopic, but some such as jellyfish can be 2 m in diameter. Plankton communities are highly diverse, with members from almost all phyla. ...
... progress against currents. Most plankton is microscopic, but some such as jellyfish can be 2 m in diameter. Plankton communities are highly diverse, with members from almost all phyla. ...
Alexei Platonov (1), José Manuel Redondo(1), Joan Graú
... of marine pollution and other types of marine and atmospheric phenomena. Since natural (caused by plankton, fish, etc.) and man-made oil slicks dampen the smallscale surface waves, which are responsible for the radar backscattering from the water surface, they are visible as dark patches or lines in ...
... of marine pollution and other types of marine and atmospheric phenomena. Since natural (caused by plankton, fish, etc.) and man-made oil slicks dampen the smallscale surface waves, which are responsible for the radar backscattering from the water surface, they are visible as dark patches or lines in ...
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.