Teacher Resources - Fish Eye Project
... Answer: Crabs, shrimp, snails, mussels, barnacles, scale worms, sea anemones, fish, bacteria, etc… Ø Can you list the main challenges of living at vents? Answer: High pressure, less oxygen, lack of day ...
... Answer: Crabs, shrimp, snails, mussels, barnacles, scale worms, sea anemones, fish, bacteria, etc… Ø Can you list the main challenges of living at vents? Answer: High pressure, less oxygen, lack of day ...
Report of the 5th Session of the Indian Ocean Panel
... Support Systems that provide software interfaces for policy makers. The synergy between the first three building blocks produces an optimal estimate of the present and near future state of the system that is considered to be the basic information before any decision about prevention or mitigation ac ...
... Support Systems that provide software interfaces for policy makers. The synergy between the first three building blocks produces an optimal estimate of the present and near future state of the system that is considered to be the basic information before any decision about prevention or mitigation ac ...
Historical sea level and accommodation zones along Baja California
... 1991). These steps occur at the same depth in San Diego and Cabo and are likely all caused by the same period of sea level (Fig. 4). The second transect was completely flat on the surface because of the high sedimentation rate in the Soledad Basin. At least one step was interpreted from the sub-bott ...
... 1991). These steps occur at the same depth in San Diego and Cabo and are likely all caused by the same period of sea level (Fig. 4). The second transect was completely flat on the surface because of the high sedimentation rate in the Soledad Basin. At least one step was interpreted from the sub-bott ...
Large Zooplankton: Its Role in Pelagic Food Webs
... be eaten by larger ciliates and dinoflagellates (up to 102 µm length). With viruses (of a size around 0.02 µm), able to infect any plankton taxon, all these groups integrate the so-called microbial pelagic food web or microbial loop. Aside from the unicellular components of microbial food webs, meta ...
... be eaten by larger ciliates and dinoflagellates (up to 102 µm length). With viruses (of a size around 0.02 µm), able to infect any plankton taxon, all these groups integrate the so-called microbial pelagic food web or microbial loop. Aside from the unicellular components of microbial food webs, meta ...
Marine sciences: People`s Republic of Mozambique
... The offshore water is slightly warmer than the inshore. Salinity is slightly higher along the north coast and off Inhambane than in September. It is significantly reduced off Quelimare and Beira, but the tongue-like surface layer is missing. The maximum southward flow was at distances from 50 to 130 ...
... The offshore water is slightly warmer than the inshore. Salinity is slightly higher along the north coast and off Inhambane than in September. It is significantly reduced off Quelimare and Beira, but the tongue-like surface layer is missing. The maximum southward flow was at distances from 50 to 130 ...
Coastal Areas - Arab Forum for Environment and Development
... zones of the Mediterranean are low in nutrients but coastal zones benefit from telluric nutrients that support higher levels of productivity. Among the ecosystems that occupy coastal marine areas, the rocky intertidal estuaries, and, above all, seagrass meadows are of significant ecological value (U ...
... zones of the Mediterranean are low in nutrients but coastal zones benefit from telluric nutrients that support higher levels of productivity. Among the ecosystems that occupy coastal marine areas, the rocky intertidal estuaries, and, above all, seagrass meadows are of significant ecological value (U ...
Why the world needs a on high-seas bottom trawling
... fish habitat and rehabilitation. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland (USA); Barnette, M.C. (1999). Gulf of Mexico fishing gear and their potential impacts on essential fish habitat. NMFS, NMFS-SEFSC-432, St Petersburg, FL; Berkeley et al (1985). Bait shrimp fishery of Biscayne Bay. Florid ...
... fish habitat and rehabilitation. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland (USA); Barnette, M.C. (1999). Gulf of Mexico fishing gear and their potential impacts on essential fish habitat. NMFS, NMFS-SEFSC-432, St Petersburg, FL; Berkeley et al (1985). Bait shrimp fishery of Biscayne Bay. Florid ...
FAO - the United Nations
... of some endangered, threatened and protected species with commercial fish species. There is no robust global estimate for the amount of ALDFG. Based on an extrapolation of the crude approximation of 6.4 million tonnes of marine litter added to the oceans each year and that less than 10 percent of th ...
... of some endangered, threatened and protected species with commercial fish species. There is no robust global estimate for the amount of ALDFG. Based on an extrapolation of the crude approximation of 6.4 million tonnes of marine litter added to the oceans each year and that less than 10 percent of th ...
Report of the Working Group on Deep
... could find no evidence of damage by fishing of seamount benthic habitats in the OSPAR area. However this finding is almost certainly due solely to a lack of suitable studies and, based on evidence from elsewhere, the group felt that it highly likely that damage from bottom-trawl fisheries, and likel ...
... could find no evidence of damage by fishing of seamount benthic habitats in the OSPAR area. However this finding is almost certainly due solely to a lack of suitable studies and, based on evidence from elsewhere, the group felt that it highly likely that damage from bottom-trawl fisheries, and likel ...
A Handlist of Source Books on the History of Oceanography Eric L
... This is an updated version of a paper first published in Earth Science History 12 (1993), 2-4. The reference books and monographs following have been selected to aid teachers and beginning students of the history of oceanography. The list is based on two principles, either that the publications are ...
... This is an updated version of a paper first published in Earth Science History 12 (1993), 2-4. The reference books and monographs following have been selected to aid teachers and beginning students of the history of oceanography. The list is based on two principles, either that the publications are ...
Rhodoliths and Rhodolith Beds
... branched twigs and fans to spheres. Live individuals may be stacked a few cm deep, often grading below into dead fragments mixed with carbonate and terrigenous sediment (Figure 1). They provide hard habitat for numerous other marine algae that live on their surfaces, and for invertebrates living on ...
... branched twigs and fans to spheres. Live individuals may be stacked a few cm deep, often grading below into dead fragments mixed with carbonate and terrigenous sediment (Figure 1). They provide hard habitat for numerous other marine algae that live on their surfaces, and for invertebrates living on ...
2009 - North Pacific Marine Science Organization
... 1-day POC Contributed Paper Session 1-day POC/BIO/MONITOR/FUTURE Topic Session on “Comparing the two major gyres of the subarctic North Pacific – Seasonal and interannual variability and its predictability”; ½-day POC/MEQ/FUTURE Topic Session on “Marine renewable energy development in coastal ...
... 1-day POC Contributed Paper Session 1-day POC/BIO/MONITOR/FUTURE Topic Session on “Comparing the two major gyres of the subarctic North Pacific – Seasonal and interannual variability and its predictability”; ½-day POC/MEQ/FUTURE Topic Session on “Marine renewable energy development in coastal ...
The Western Coastal Plains - erc
... Large rivers such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kavery have formed extensive delta on this coast. Lake Chilika is an important feature along the eastern coast. It is the largest salt water lake in India. A delta is a low triangular landform of alluvial deposits at the mouth of a ...
... Large rivers such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kavery have formed extensive delta on this coast. Lake Chilika is an important feature along the eastern coast. It is the largest salt water lake in India. A delta is a low triangular landform of alluvial deposits at the mouth of a ...
tsunami - Pacific Disaster Net
... washing away entire villages. The inundation can also cause severe coastal erosion and affect areas upstream from the coast since tsunami waves can travel up rivers and streams from the ocean. ...
... washing away entire villages. The inundation can also cause severe coastal erosion and affect areas upstream from the coast since tsunami waves can travel up rivers and streams from the ocean. ...
Diel Oscillations in Whale Shark Vertical
... animals in remote locations where data loggers cannot be recovered, for example, during long-distance migrations into the open ocean. The Argos system of receivers aboard polarorbiting satellites allows remote collection of data from transmitter-tagged animals over many weeks or even months regardle ...
... animals in remote locations where data loggers cannot be recovered, for example, during long-distance migrations into the open ocean. The Argos system of receivers aboard polarorbiting satellites allows remote collection of data from transmitter-tagged animals over many weeks or even months regardle ...
Scientific Ocean Drilling - Division on Earth and Life Studies
... The ability to drill deep into the seafloor has increased understanding of the role of fluid flow within ocean sediments and basement rock, especially the connectivity of hydrogeologic systems within the subseafloor. This has led to achievements in the study of hydrothermal vent systems, in understa ...
... The ability to drill deep into the seafloor has increased understanding of the role of fluid flow within ocean sediments and basement rock, especially the connectivity of hydrogeologic systems within the subseafloor. This has led to achievements in the study of hydrothermal vent systems, in understa ...
Sea Animals and Sound by Michael Stocker
... The animals considered in this report do not represent all ‘sound specialist’ animals in the sea. Animals discussed herein were chosen because of the available information on them, and because of their commercial and apparent environmental importance. Whales and dolphins are considered briefly in t ...
... The animals considered in this report do not represent all ‘sound specialist’ animals in the sea. Animals discussed herein were chosen because of the available information on them, and because of their commercial and apparent environmental importance. Whales and dolphins are considered briefly in t ...
Survival and settling of larval Macoma balthica in
... will likely occur. The strong impact of increasing CO2 levels on early-stage bivalves is alarming as these stages are crucial for sustaining viable populations, and a failure in their recruitment would ultimately lead to negative effects on the population. ...
... will likely occur. The strong impact of increasing CO2 levels on early-stage bivalves is alarming as these stages are crucial for sustaining viable populations, and a failure in their recruitment would ultimately lead to negative effects on the population. ...
Climatic variability in the Skagerrak and coastal waters of Norway
... Atlantic inflow to the Nordic Seas is tightly linked to the dynamics of the SPG circulation and its effects on the location, intensity, and composition of the NAC in the northeastern Atlantic. Those authors concluded that in periods with intensive SPG circulation, the relatively high tropical salini ...
... Atlantic inflow to the Nordic Seas is tightly linked to the dynamics of the SPG circulation and its effects on the location, intensity, and composition of the NAC in the northeastern Atlantic. Those authors concluded that in periods with intensive SPG circulation, the relatively high tropical salini ...
marine meteorology and maritime navigation
... At sea visibility is paramount. Low visibility, even in the current technical conditions, is still a great danger to navigation. Visibility depends on a number of factors: atmospheric transparency, brightness and colors of objects, land-marks or background, etc. The main cause for poor visibility i ...
... At sea visibility is paramount. Low visibility, even in the current technical conditions, is still a great danger to navigation. Visibility depends on a number of factors: atmospheric transparency, brightness and colors of objects, land-marks or background, etc. The main cause for poor visibility i ...
Habitats in Danger
... As part of a general diagnosis, the most environmentally important habitats have been identified in this report according to their unique qualities and biological and biogeographical interest. The following chapters detail research results and include proposals for representative types of natural ha ...
... As part of a general diagnosis, the most environmentally important habitats have been identified in this report according to their unique qualities and biological and biogeographical interest. The following chapters detail research results and include proposals for representative types of natural ha ...
Diversity of Arctic pelagic Bacteria with an
... their abundance are typically low in marine polar waters (Li, 2009). In both polar oceans, picocyanobacteria follow a general trend of decreasing concentrations and relative abundance with increasing latitudes, and strong inverse correlations between cell densities and temperature have been reported ...
... their abundance are typically low in marine polar waters (Li, 2009). In both polar oceans, picocyanobacteria follow a general trend of decreasing concentrations and relative abundance with increasing latitudes, and strong inverse correlations between cell densities and temperature have been reported ...
Report of the IOC Executive Secretary, Rule of Procedure No. 49
... physical synthesis for coastal areas published in 1998 as two volumes of The Sea. (Volume 10 The Global Coastal Ocean: Process and Methods, and Volume 11 - The Global Coastal Ocean: Regional Studies and Synthesis). The August meeting was attended by 60 high level scientists who initiated the product ...
... physical synthesis for coastal areas published in 1998 as two volumes of The Sea. (Volume 10 The Global Coastal Ocean: Process and Methods, and Volume 11 - The Global Coastal Ocean: Regional Studies and Synthesis). The August meeting was attended by 60 high level scientists who initiated the product ...
Detection of exogenous floating marine debris: an overview of
... habitats. Contrary to EFMD, exogenous floating debris (EFD) can reach any water body. Floating marine debris (FMD) is EFMD associated with organic debris produced within the oceanic system, such as, algae or shells. Floating debris (FD) is these EFD associated with organic debris originated or not w ...
... habitats. Contrary to EFMD, exogenous floating debris (EFD) can reach any water body. Floating marine debris (FMD) is EFMD associated with organic debris produced within the oceanic system, such as, algae or shells. Floating debris (FD) is these EFD associated with organic debris originated or not w ...
Marine habitats
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.