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Shelf Seas - International Arctic Science Committee
... factor in answering this question is the relationship between flux of nutrients and flux of carbon. If the two fluxes balance according to classical ratios of organic matter, then the effect on air-sea flux should be negligible. The particle flux, on the other hand, which usually increases with incr ...
... factor in answering this question is the relationship between flux of nutrients and flux of carbon. If the two fluxes balance according to classical ratios of organic matter, then the effect on air-sea flux should be negligible. The particle flux, on the other hand, which usually increases with incr ...
38th SCOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Bergen, Norway
... in London, co-chaired by Sundby and Peter Burkill. SCOR has, like most similar international organizations, financial constraints on the activities it can undertake and all countries are encouraged to make their financial contributions. China (Beijing) Committee has increased its level of membership ...
... in London, co-chaired by Sundby and Peter Burkill. SCOR has, like most similar international organizations, financial constraints on the activities it can undertake and all countries are encouraged to make their financial contributions. China (Beijing) Committee has increased its level of membership ...
Status of US Harmful Algal Blooms
... green, red, or brown, and shade bottom plants and animals. ...
... green, red, or brown, and shade bottom plants and animals. ...
State of the art report on human pressure in the
... The GREAT Med project targets biodiversity conservation, environmental management and monitoring along the Mediterranean coast. It aims to design and implement an integrated strategy for conservation and management based on ecological indicators and risk analysis. The main objective of the project i ...
... The GREAT Med project targets biodiversity conservation, environmental management and monitoring along the Mediterranean coast. It aims to design and implement an integrated strategy for conservation and management based on ecological indicators and risk analysis. The main objective of the project i ...
MPA Monitoring Metrics: Deep Ecosystems, including Canyons
... Deep Ecosystems, including Canyons (>100M) in the South Coast Region As a step towards implementation of the 1999 California Marine Life Protection Act, the California Fish and Game Commission adopted a MPA network for the South Coast region on December 15, 2010. MPA monitoring in this region is gui ...
... Deep Ecosystems, including Canyons (>100M) in the South Coast Region As a step towards implementation of the 1999 California Marine Life Protection Act, the California Fish and Game Commission adopted a MPA network for the South Coast region on December 15, 2010. MPA monitoring in this region is gui ...
A Benthic-optimised Marine Environment Classification
... octocorals, polychaetes, matrix-forming scleractinian corals, sponges, and benthic fish) have been used to train an environmental classification for those parts of New Zealand's 200 n. mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with depths of 3000 m or less. A variety of environmental variables were used as ...
... octocorals, polychaetes, matrix-forming scleractinian corals, sponges, and benthic fish) have been used to train an environmental classification for those parts of New Zealand's 200 n. mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with depths of 3000 m or less. A variety of environmental variables were used as ...
Mangrove Vegetation Dynamics of the Tanbi Wetland National Park
... Mangroves are unique tropical and subtropical plants that are specially adapted to thrive in inundated and saline intertidal zones [1]. Based on their ability to cope with high ...
... Mangroves are unique tropical and subtropical plants that are specially adapted to thrive in inundated and saline intertidal zones [1]. Based on their ability to cope with high ...
Overview of Integrative Assessment of Marine Systems: The
... sustainable use and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources’ (CBD, 2000). In essence, this is taken to mean that the natural system structure and functioning are maintained and enhanced while at the same time the ecosystem will support human ...
... sustainable use and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources’ (CBD, 2000). In essence, this is taken to mean that the natural system structure and functioning are maintained and enhanced while at the same time the ecosystem will support human ...
ODP Greatest Hits
... Scientific investigation does not stop with the cores. Once they have been extracted from the drill hole, this empty column itself becomes a laboratory. In a process called downhole logging, scientists lower instruments into the drill hole to record the physical and chemical properties of the surrou ...
... Scientific investigation does not stop with the cores. Once they have been extracted from the drill hole, this empty column itself becomes a laboratory. In a process called downhole logging, scientists lower instruments into the drill hole to record the physical and chemical properties of the surrou ...
Cape Rodney to Okakari Point Marine Reserve and Tawharanui
... (unpublished data). Tawharanui Marine Park (also a no-take reserve) was established in 1981 and is situated ~ 8 km south of CROP. The monitoring of marine reserves has three related, but distinctive conservation functions. First, long-term monitoring datasets can be used to determine whether populat ...
... (unpublished data). Tawharanui Marine Park (also a no-take reserve) was established in 1981 and is situated ~ 8 km south of CROP. The monitoring of marine reserves has three related, but distinctive conservation functions. First, long-term monitoring datasets can be used to determine whether populat ...
S C M A
... ACKNOWLEDGING THE GROWING SIGNIFICANCE OF MARINE AQUACULTURE As traditional harvest fisheries have approached and exceeded sustainable levels, the farming of fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants in marine and fresh waters has become a burgeoning global industry. These organisms can be raised in every ...
... ACKNOWLEDGING THE GROWING SIGNIFICANCE OF MARINE AQUACULTURE As traditional harvest fisheries have approached and exceeded sustainable levels, the farming of fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants in marine and fresh waters has become a burgeoning global industry. These organisms can be raised in every ...
Planning for Representative Marine Protected Areas - WWF
... A carefully planned, scientifically based network of representative natural areas, that protects the habitats and ecological processes on which species depend, can help ensure that marine biodiversity is conserved. The systematic identification of marine habitat types and the delineation of their bo ...
... A carefully planned, scientifically based network of representative natural areas, that protects the habitats and ecological processes on which species depend, can help ensure that marine biodiversity is conserved. The systematic identification of marine habitat types and the delineation of their bo ...
PLoS Biology Featured Image | Vol. 6(7) July 2008
... tagged during three field seasons at Playa Grande, Costa Rica, the largest extant nesting colony in the eastern Pacific. After completing nesting, the turtles headed southward, traversing the dynamic equatorial currents with rapid, directed movements. In contrast to the highly varied dispersal patte ...
... tagged during three field seasons at Playa Grande, Costa Rica, the largest extant nesting colony in the eastern Pacific. After completing nesting, the turtles headed southward, traversing the dynamic equatorial currents with rapid, directed movements. In contrast to the highly varied dispersal patte ...
North Atlantic and North Sea Climate Change
... The strength of the North Atlantic Current (NAC) (based on sea-surface elevation slopes derived from altimeter data) is correlated with westerly winds (based on North Atlantic Oscillation [NAO] Index data over a nine year period [1992^2002] with 108 monthly values). The data time window includes the ...
... The strength of the North Atlantic Current (NAC) (based on sea-surface elevation slopes derived from altimeter data) is correlated with westerly winds (based on North Atlantic Oscillation [NAO] Index data over a nine year period [1992^2002] with 108 monthly values). The data time window includes the ...
Aquatic biomes
... – one of most productive biomes on earth due to nutrients delivered by rivers » major producers are salt marsh grasses, algae, phytoplankton – support diverse communities – are crucial feeding areas for many types of water fowl – threatened by same types of activities as wetlands ...
... – one of most productive biomes on earth due to nutrients delivered by rivers » major producers are salt marsh grasses, algae, phytoplankton – support diverse communities – are crucial feeding areas for many types of water fowl – threatened by same types of activities as wetlands ...
Coastal Lagoons and Climate Change: Ecological and Social
... ABSTRACT. Lagoons are highly productive coastal features that provide a range of natural services that society values. Their setting within the coastal landscape leaves them especially vulnerable to profound physical, ecological, and associated societal disturbance from global climate change. Expect ...
... ABSTRACT. Lagoons are highly productive coastal features that provide a range of natural services that society values. Their setting within the coastal landscape leaves them especially vulnerable to profound physical, ecological, and associated societal disturbance from global climate change. Expect ...
Marine Geology: Exploring the New Frontiers of the Ocean (The
... axis, completing a single rotation every 14 hours, thus maintaining high temperatures throughout the planet. Present-day plate tectonic processes could not have operated under such hot conditions, which produced more vertical bubbling than horizontal sliding. Therefore, modern-style plate tectonic p ...
... axis, completing a single rotation every 14 hours, thus maintaining high temperatures throughout the planet. Present-day plate tectonic processes could not have operated under such hot conditions, which produced more vertical bubbling than horizontal sliding. Therefore, modern-style plate tectonic p ...
Vincent et al.—Oceanic water masses around South Island
... areas of strong boundary forcing, wind-induced upwelling, sharp gradients in mixed-layer depth induced by river inflows, fronts, gyres, plumes, and many other features (see Heath 1985) likely to create a diverse range of biological conditions. Additionally, the South Island lies adjacent to a circum ...
... areas of strong boundary forcing, wind-induced upwelling, sharp gradients in mixed-layer depth induced by river inflows, fronts, gyres, plumes, and many other features (see Heath 1985) likely to create a diverse range of biological conditions. Additionally, the South Island lies adjacent to a circum ...
An Evaluation of the Modular Approach to the Assessment and
... identified in TDAs and action plans formulated in SAPs, as the results of the practical application of the modular approach in LME projects. It also evaluates the significance of the modular approach for international ocean governance. It concludes that this integrated, ecosystem-based approach has ...
... identified in TDAs and action plans formulated in SAPs, as the results of the practical application of the modular approach in LME projects. It also evaluates the significance of the modular approach for international ocean governance. It concludes that this integrated, ecosystem-based approach has ...
Extraordinary Echinoderms
... Echinoderms are found everywhere and are adapted to live in many habitats, from the intertidal zone down to the continental shelf, deep ocean trenches, and abyssal plains. They are an extraordinary and diverse group and we hope you will enjoy reading and using this guide to help identify them in the ...
... Echinoderms are found everywhere and are adapted to live in many habitats, from the intertidal zone down to the continental shelf, deep ocean trenches, and abyssal plains. They are an extraordinary and diverse group and we hope you will enjoy reading and using this guide to help identify them in the ...
Apparent optical properties of the Canadian
... A case study applicable to the aforementioned research questions is the Malina campaign, which was undertaken in the 2009 Boreal summer (August) to the Canadian Arctic within the vicinity of the Mackenzie River outflow in the Beaufort Sea. A central Malina objective is to understand the fate of terr ...
... A case study applicable to the aforementioned research questions is the Malina campaign, which was undertaken in the 2009 Boreal summer (August) to the Canadian Arctic within the vicinity of the Mackenzie River outflow in the Beaufort Sea. A central Malina objective is to understand the fate of terr ...
Latitudinal shifts in coral reef fishes: why some species do and
... changes in the distribution of species associated with changes in global climate (IPCC 2007). The fossil record (Davis et al. 2002; Carnaval and Moritz 2008) and recent observed trends (Parmesan et al. 1999; Thomas and Lennon 1999; Hickling et al. 2006; Burrows et al. 2011) attest to increased incid ...
... changes in the distribution of species associated with changes in global climate (IPCC 2007). The fossil record (Davis et al. 2002; Carnaval and Moritz 2008) and recent observed trends (Parmesan et al. 1999; Thomas and Lennon 1999; Hickling et al. 2006; Burrows et al. 2011) attest to increased incid ...
DRAGONESS_D1.2
... The meteorological observation field, the temperature and salinity measuring point, the tidal observation well position of Xiaomaidao is relatively fixed, for many years the vicissitude has not been big. The meteorological observation field is located at the middle of Xiaomaidao in the commanding po ...
... The meteorological observation field, the temperature and salinity measuring point, the tidal observation well position of Xiaomaidao is relatively fixed, for many years the vicissitude has not been big. The meteorological observation field is located at the middle of Xiaomaidao in the commanding po ...
UK SeaMap 2010
... There is a wide range of applications for these products. They can be used in the process of establishing marine protected area networks, for example when a full-coverage habitat map is required to make judgements about whether a marine protected area network meets criteria for representativity. In ...
... There is a wide range of applications for these products. They can be used in the process of establishing marine protected area networks, for example when a full-coverage habitat map is required to make judgements about whether a marine protected area network meets criteria for representativity. In ...
Marine habitats
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The marine environment supplies many kinds of habitats that support marine life. Marine life depends in some way on the saltwater that is in the sea (the term marine comes from the Latin mare, meaning sea or ocean). A habitat is an ecological or environmental area inhabited by one or more living species.Marine habitats can be divided into coastal and open ocean habitats. Coastal habitats are found in the area that extends from as far as the tide comes in on the shoreline out to the edge of the continental shelf. Most marine life is found in coastal habitats, even though the shelf area occupies only seven percent of the total ocean area. Open ocean habitats are found in the deep ocean beyond the edge of the continental shelf.Alternatively, marine habitats can be divided into pelagic and demersal habitats. Pelagic habitats are found near the surface or in the open water column, away from the bottom of the ocean. Demersal habitats are near or on the bottom of the ocean. An organism living in a pelagic habitat is said to be a pelagic organism, as in pelagic fish. Similarly, an organism living in a demersal habitat is said to be a demersal organism, as in demersal fish. Pelagic habitats are intrinsically shifting and ephemeral, depending on what ocean currents are doing.Marine habitats can be modified by their inhabitants. Some marine organisms, like corals, kelp, mangroves and seagrasses, are ecosystem engineers which reshape the marine environment to the point where they create further habitat for other organisms.