2011_Priority_Commmon_Science_Needs_Details
... FWS/USGS Science Support – Dynamic models of sea level rise impacts on tidal marshes. Proposed needs and projects: Evaluate existing physical conditions that influence Atlantic salt marshes (13); comprehensive assessment of our tidal wetlands so that we can evaluate system strengths and weaknesses a ...
... FWS/USGS Science Support – Dynamic models of sea level rise impacts on tidal marshes. Proposed needs and projects: Evaluate existing physical conditions that influence Atlantic salt marshes (13); comprehensive assessment of our tidal wetlands so that we can evaluate system strengths and weaknesses a ...
Fishing impacts and the degradation or loss of habitat structure
... degradation or loss of habitat structure. An understanding of the extent of this impact, and its effect on populations of marine organisms (both target and non-target species), is essential if fisheries are to be strategically managed by setting appropriate levels of fishing effort which will maximi ...
... degradation or loss of habitat structure. An understanding of the extent of this impact, and its effect on populations of marine organisms (both target and non-target species), is essential if fisheries are to be strategically managed by setting appropriate levels of fishing effort which will maximi ...
Conserving California`s Vibrant Deep-Sea Ecosystems
... Executive Summary Protection for the diverse offshore and deep-water environment of California will provide a lasting benefit to the people of the United States. The ocean off California’s coastline is home to an exceptional array of seamounts, ridges and banks that host spectacularly diverse marin ...
... Executive Summary Protection for the diverse offshore and deep-water environment of California will provide a lasting benefit to the people of the United States. The ocean off California’s coastline is home to an exceptional array of seamounts, ridges and banks that host spectacularly diverse marin ...
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... from UMOOS to produce short-term forecasts of ocean conditions in the Gulf of Maine. These realtime observations and forecasts have been used in fundamental research that now informs managers of trajectories that organisms, from red-tide algae to lobster larvae, will follow in time-varying coastal c ...
... from UMOOS to produce short-term forecasts of ocean conditions in the Gulf of Maine. These realtime observations and forecasts have been used in fundamental research that now informs managers of trajectories that organisms, from red-tide algae to lobster larvae, will follow in time-varying coastal c ...
National Marine Science Plan Infrastructure Theme White
... modern marine and climate science at sea. The MNF has well developed access arrangements, which call for applications that are internationally peer reviewed and assessed on the basis of science quality, track record, and national interest. The MNF is undoubtedly a world class research infrastructur ...
... modern marine and climate science at sea. The MNF has well developed access arrangements, which call for applications that are internationally peer reviewed and assessed on the basis of science quality, track record, and national interest. The MNF is undoubtedly a world class research infrastructur ...
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... network on behalf of the Board of Directors. Building on our success from last year, MEOPAR has matured into a national force in oceans research. This year we expanded our research portfolio and welcomed new researchers, new trainees, new universities and new partners to our network. We hosted works ...
... network on behalf of the Board of Directors. Building on our success from last year, MEOPAR has matured into a national force in oceans research. This year we expanded our research portfolio and welcomed new researchers, new trainees, new universities and new partners to our network. We hosted works ...
dividends from investing in ocean observations
... a standard classification of "Continentality" Europe rates lowest of continents with the greatest length of coast in relation to its land area, 62% of its regions close to the sea, and a mean distance of land from the ocean of only 340km. Europe is therefore dependent upon and influenced by marine c ...
... a standard classification of "Continentality" Europe rates lowest of continents with the greatest length of coast in relation to its land area, 62% of its regions close to the sea, and a mean distance of land from the ocean of only 340km. Europe is therefore dependent upon and influenced by marine c ...
A brief history of oceanographic studies in the Indian Ocean 47
... with students. It is necessary to go down through the chain of command. The most promising approach would be to contact high-level people, such as heads of scientific organizations, naval laboratories, fisheries, or universities, explaining the proposed program. Eventually, through these contacts, i ...
... with students. It is necessary to go down through the chain of command. The most promising approach would be to contact high-level people, such as heads of scientific organizations, naval laboratories, fisheries, or universities, explaining the proposed program. Eventually, through these contacts, i ...
Unit 7
... During this unit, students will answer the question “What factors interact and influence weather and climate?” beginning with the cycling of water in Earth’s systems. Models will be created and emphasis will be on the ways water changes its state as it moves through the multiple pathways of the hydr ...
... During this unit, students will answer the question “What factors interact and influence weather and climate?” beginning with the cycling of water in Earth’s systems. Models will be created and emphasis will be on the ways water changes its state as it moves through the multiple pathways of the hydr ...
Plaice in the Celtic Sea, Beam trawl
... European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) is a widely distributed flatfish that inhabits the waters of the temperate Northeast Atlantic Ocean most frequently at depths ranging from 10 to 50 m. Adults are found in a variety of habitat types, with older fish usually inhabiting deeper waters. In British ...
... European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) is a widely distributed flatfish that inhabits the waters of the temperate Northeast Atlantic Ocean most frequently at depths ranging from 10 to 50 m. Adults are found in a variety of habitat types, with older fish usually inhabiting deeper waters. In British ...
Bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean - WWF
... characteristics. Variation in climate, topography and other physical factors forms different habitat types, which in turn support different species and communities. Biological diversity varies throughout this geographic space, and may be further influenced by factors such as the availability of nutr ...
... characteristics. Variation in climate, topography and other physical factors forms different habitat types, which in turn support different species and communities. Biological diversity varies throughout this geographic space, and may be further influenced by factors such as the availability of nutr ...
Bathymetry from Space
... The need for ocean bathymetry is already acute and will become more so as ocean and climate modeling capabilities advance, and as marine resources become harder to find and manage. The resolution of the altimetry technique is limited by physical law, not instrument capability. Everything that can be ...
... The need for ocean bathymetry is already acute and will become more so as ocean and climate modeling capabilities advance, and as marine resources become harder to find and manage. The resolution of the altimetry technique is limited by physical law, not instrument capability. Everything that can be ...
Scripps Scientists Explore the Mysteries and Challenges of the
... Over the past 40 years a revolution in technology has led to discovery of a wealth of new life forms, symbioses, communities and ecosystems in the deep sea, many close to home on our continental margins. Driven by increasing levels of carbon dioxide, these margin systems are experiencing changes in ...
... Over the past 40 years a revolution in technology has led to discovery of a wealth of new life forms, symbioses, communities and ecosystems in the deep sea, many close to home on our continental margins. Driven by increasing levels of carbon dioxide, these margin systems are experiencing changes in ...
SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS IN THE GLOBAL OCEAN
... Pre-operational and operational SAR missions have been developed or are planned by ESA (ERS-1, ERS-2 and ENVISAT), NASDA (J-ERS-1 and ALOS) and the Canadian Space Agency (RADARSAT-1 and RADARSAT-2), securing continuity of observations well into the next decade. Like optical high-resolution imagery m ...
... Pre-operational and operational SAR missions have been developed or are planned by ESA (ERS-1, ERS-2 and ENVISAT), NASDA (J-ERS-1 and ALOS) and the Canadian Space Agency (RADARSAT-1 and RADARSAT-2), securing continuity of observations well into the next decade. Like optical high-resolution imagery m ...
Chapter 09 - Water: A Physically Unique Molecule
... Ocean Water Density The relatively warm, low-density surface waters are separated from cool, high-density deep waters by the thermocline, the zone in which temperature changes rapidly with depth. The top of the thermocline varies with season, weather, currents, and other conditions. It depends ...
... Ocean Water Density The relatively warm, low-density surface waters are separated from cool, high-density deep waters by the thermocline, the zone in which temperature changes rapidly with depth. The top of the thermocline varies with season, weather, currents, and other conditions. It depends ...
PRIMNM Expansion - Science Report-2mpm
... reserves, to protect and restore marine life. Currently less than 1% of the ocean is fully protected from fishing. The natural resource values of the oceanic region surrounding the Pacific Remote Islands ...
... reserves, to protect and restore marine life. Currently less than 1% of the ocean is fully protected from fishing. The natural resource values of the oceanic region surrounding the Pacific Remote Islands ...
Vertical nitrate fluxes in the Arctic Ocean
... sink and thus exports essential nutrients to depth. This flux is called export production. In this way, the world ocean is partitioned into a photic, nutrient poor surface layer and the aphotic, nutrient rich deeper layers. Without any further exchange processes between these two pools, nutrients wo ...
... sink and thus exports essential nutrients to depth. This flux is called export production. In this way, the world ocean is partitioned into a photic, nutrient poor surface layer and the aphotic, nutrient rich deeper layers. Without any further exchange processes between these two pools, nutrients wo ...
Development and field testing a satellite-linked fluorometer for marine vertebrates et al.
... Advances in technology can account for this (e.g., fluorometers on gliders, buoys, and drifters), but they can be spatially and temporally limiting or expensive. Marine animals tagged with satellite transmitters or other electronic instruments are commonly employed as autonomous ocean profilers to p ...
... Advances in technology can account for this (e.g., fluorometers on gliders, buoys, and drifters), but they can be spatially and temporally limiting or expensive. Marine animals tagged with satellite transmitters or other electronic instruments are commonly employed as autonomous ocean profilers to p ...
Currents of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
... and thermocline topographies, the dimensions of the survey field are effectively increased. Subjectivity, in turn, is reduced by the use of dynamic height and thermocline topographies as guidelines for the construction of drift-bottle trajectories. ...
... and thermocline topographies, the dimensions of the survey field are effectively increased. Subjectivity, in turn, is reduced by the use of dynamic height and thermocline topographies as guidelines for the construction of drift-bottle trajectories. ...
Salinity
... suspected, so that a litre of seawater may hold more than 20,000 species. Dr. Mitchell Sogin from the Marine Biological Laboratory feels that "the number of different kinds of bacteria in the oceans could eclipse five to 10 million."[14] Bacteria are found at all depths in the water column, as well ...
... suspected, so that a litre of seawater may hold more than 20,000 species. Dr. Mitchell Sogin from the Marine Biological Laboratory feels that "the number of different kinds of bacteria in the oceans could eclipse five to 10 million."[14] Bacteria are found at all depths in the water column, as well ...
State of the Ocean: Northwest Atlantic
... Atlantic Current. The waters that lay off the shelf over the continental slope and extend seaward out to the Gulf Stream are known as “slope waters”. The slope water region normally contains one or more Gulf Stream rings or eddies. They form from Gulf Stream meanders which break off from the Stream ...
... Atlantic Current. The waters that lay off the shelf over the continental slope and extend seaward out to the Gulf Stream are known as “slope waters”. The slope water region normally contains one or more Gulf Stream rings or eddies. They form from Gulf Stream meanders which break off from the Stream ...
The Antarctic circumpolar current
... deep. These regions, resulting from ocean/atmosphere exchanges, move with the ACC, surrounding the globe in southern latitudes in 8-9 years. This phenomenon has been called the Antarctic Circumpolar Waves and is believed to have a considerable on influence the weather patterns in southern Australia, ...
... deep. These regions, resulting from ocean/atmosphere exchanges, move with the ACC, surrounding the globe in southern latitudes in 8-9 years. This phenomenon has been called the Antarctic Circumpolar Waves and is believed to have a considerable on influence the weather patterns in southern Australia, ...
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.