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Thesis - UvA-DARE - University of Amsterdam
Thesis - UvA-DARE - University of Amsterdam

... In coastal marine sediments (e.g. intertidal areas, estuaries, continental shelf) oxygen penetrates only millimeters deep into the sediment, and hence degradation of organic matter mostly occurs anaerobically (Howarth 1984). Anaerobic mineralization pathways include the respiration of NO3-, FeOOH, M ...
CURRICULUM VITAE - INSTAAR - University of Colorado Boulder
CURRICULUM VITAE - INSTAAR - University of Colorado Boulder

... academia, government, and as an environmental consultant. I work to balance applied and pure research, and economic potential given environmental concerns. I appreciate the multi-layered meaning of “the public good”. I have worked in the forefront of Computational Geosciences: Sediment transport, la ...
Microbial Surface Colonization and Biofilm Development in Marine
Microbial Surface Colonization and Biofilm Development in Marine

... critical advantages, including greater access to nutritional resources, enhanced organism interactions, and greater environmental stability. These features are of particular importance in natural aquatic environments in which nutrients are often growth limiting and ambient conditions are highly dyna ...
Report - Ispra
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... Ionian Seas is impacted by marine litter, with amounts of litter being 2-5 times higher than those reported for some other seas. These surveys showed that the most affected countries are Greece (847 items/km2), Croatia (679 items/km2) and Italy (400 items/km2). The average seafloor litter density fo ...
A Monitoring Framework for the St. Anns Bank Area
A Monitoring Framework for the St. Anns Bank Area

... Under the Health of the Oceans (HOTO) program, the Science Sector of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) committed to providing the Department’s MPA managers with a recommended environmental monitoring framework for each of Canada’s Oceans Act MPAs, including those currently at the AOI stage of develo ...
Amphipod Newsletter 37 (2013) - World Register of Marine Species
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... presumably a microdetector of very high frequency vibrations that are apparently present in waters containing live organisms. The precise origin and nature of such vibrations are as yet unknown, but some are apparently sex-related. ...
EN EN Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. The Marine Strategy
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Tsunami Science and Hazard - Manual
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The Distribution, Abundance and Ecology of
The Distribution, Abundance and Ecology of

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Overfishing, uncertainty, and ocean governance
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Cover page - Worm Lab - Dalhousie University

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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.
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