Odor tracking in sharks is reduced under future ocean acidification conditions
... Gruber, 2005) in elasmobranchs. Olfaction is considered especially important as a distant sense because chemical signals can become entrained in currents and transported much further in the marine environment than visual, mechanical, or electrical signals (Atema, 2012). This enables elasmobranchs to ...
... Gruber, 2005) in elasmobranchs. Olfaction is considered especially important as a distant sense because chemical signals can become entrained in currents and transported much further in the marine environment than visual, mechanical, or electrical signals (Atema, 2012). This enables elasmobranchs to ...
Deep-Sea Life
... different northwest Pacific deep-sea environments. In the KuramBio I samples from depths between 5000-6000 m we could identify more than 1700 benthic species and at least half of these are new for science. The richest samples, however, have been collected at the slope of the KKT, therefore we assume ...
... different northwest Pacific deep-sea environments. In the KuramBio I samples from depths between 5000-6000 m we could identify more than 1700 benthic species and at least half of these are new for science. The richest samples, however, have been collected at the slope of the KKT, therefore we assume ...
Ch. 16 Marine and Coastal Systems: Resources, Impacts, and
... dumped trash and untreated sewage along their shores ...
... dumped trash and untreated sewage along their shores ...
Kenya_MEDA_FINAL_Ele..
... private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives. Today the GEF is the largest public funder of projects to improve the global environment. An independently operating financial organization, the GEF provides grants for projects relat ...
... private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives. Today the GEF is the largest public funder of projects to improve the global environment. An independently operating financial organization, the GEF provides grants for projects relat ...
Quality Status Report 2000 - QSR 2010
... Convention was signed, also issued an action plan for the OSPAR Commission, with a commitment to prepare the first Quality Status Report for the whole North-East Atlantic by the year 2000 (the ‘QSR 2000’). To implement these commitments the OSPAR Commission decided in 1994 to undertake the preparati ...
... Convention was signed, also issued an action plan for the OSPAR Commission, with a commitment to prepare the first Quality Status Report for the whole North-East Atlantic by the year 2000 (the ‘QSR 2000’). To implement these commitments the OSPAR Commission decided in 1994 to undertake the preparati ...
Platinum-group elements (PGE) and rhenium in marine sediments
... Abstract—The nature of Re–platinum-group element (PGE; Pt, Pd, Ir, Os, Ru) transport in the marine environment was investigated by means of marine sediments at and across the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary (KTB) at two hemipelagic sites in Europe and two pelagic sites in the North and South Pacific. A ...
... Abstract—The nature of Re–platinum-group element (PGE; Pt, Pd, Ir, Os, Ru) transport in the marine environment was investigated by means of marine sediments at and across the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary (KTB) at two hemipelagic sites in Europe and two pelagic sites in the North and South Pacific. A ...
Strategic Research Agenda for the Black Sea Basin - SEAS-ERA
... Network of Marine Research Funding Organisations (an ERA-NET) consisting of 21 partners and two Third Parties from 18 Member and Associated Member States (Annex 1) located along the European seaboard in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Black Sea (www.seas-era.eu). The principle aims of the SEAS-E ...
... Network of Marine Research Funding Organisations (an ERA-NET) consisting of 21 partners and two Third Parties from 18 Member and Associated Member States (Annex 1) located along the European seaboard in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Black Sea (www.seas-era.eu). The principle aims of the SEAS-E ...
Eng - UNESDOC
... additional regular programme resources at the end of end 2015 allowed IOC to contribute more than was previously foreseen. WCRP has an extensive portfolio of activities at the recent meeting of its Joint Scientific Committee added two topics to their ‘Grand Challenges’ namely: “Near-Term Climate Pre ...
... additional regular programme resources at the end of end 2015 allowed IOC to contribute more than was previously foreseen. WCRP has an extensive portfolio of activities at the recent meeting of its Joint Scientific Committee added two topics to their ‘Grand Challenges’ namely: “Near-Term Climate Pre ...
Ocean Science - International Science Center
... channel through a body of water that is otherwise not navigable, for example because it is too shallow, or because it contains an unnavigable reef or archipelago. e.g. (Strait of Gibraltar, Dover Strait, Strait of Hormuz) ...
... channel through a body of water that is otherwise not navigable, for example because it is too shallow, or because it contains an unnavigable reef or archipelago. e.g. (Strait of Gibraltar, Dover Strait, Strait of Hormuz) ...
Marine Use Analysis of the Pacific North Coast Integrated
... Data reports are not intended for general distribution and the contents must not be referred to in other publications without prior written authorization from the issuing establishment. The correct citation appears above the abstract of each report. Data reports are abstracted in Aquatic Sciences an ...
... Data reports are not intended for general distribution and the contents must not be referred to in other publications without prior written authorization from the issuing establishment. The correct citation appears above the abstract of each report. Data reports are abstracted in Aquatic Sciences an ...
Deep ocean ventilation, carbon isotopes, marine sedimentation and
... caused by the injection of some old carbon stock with low δ 13 C signature into the atmosphere, as both records of atmospheric δ 13 CCO2 and 114 CCO2 exhibit a relatively rapid decline during the early deglaciation. Such a carbon release could in principle come from terrestrial or oceanic sources. Z ...
... caused by the injection of some old carbon stock with low δ 13 C signature into the atmosphere, as both records of atmospheric δ 13 CCO2 and 114 CCO2 exhibit a relatively rapid decline during the early deglaciation. Such a carbon release could in principle come from terrestrial or oceanic sources. Z ...
Multipurpose Acoustic Networks in the Integrated Arctic Ocean
... span of thisinwater Furthermore, during 1988-1989. Mooring 2the failed one month after deployment. A deep asconvective thermometry experiments demonstrated uniqueabout capabiloceanographic gliders been available envisioned with ity ofchimney underwater to measure large-scale multipurpose they could ...
... span of thisinwater Furthermore, during 1988-1989. Mooring 2the failed one month after deployment. A deep asconvective thermometry experiments demonstrated uniqueabout capabiloceanographic gliders been available envisioned with ity ofchimney underwater to measure large-scale multipurpose they could ...
As technology has advanced so has our understanding of the
... anemones, sponges, soft corals. 24 While the total number of new species discovered is high, at individual vent sites local species diversity is typically low with dominance by a few species at each site. Over 75% of vent species occur at only one site. 25 This endemism may mean that species are res ...
... anemones, sponges, soft corals. 24 While the total number of new species discovered is high, at individual vent sites local species diversity is typically low with dominance by a few species at each site. Over 75% of vent species occur at only one site. 25 This endemism may mean that species are res ...
Revised Recommendations from the Coastal States Organization
... Polluted runoff from diffuse sources continues to be the major source of coastal pollution. Hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, nitrogen loading and “dead zones” are harbingers of coastal marine ecosystem change resulting from often complex, cumulative and secondary sources that are difficult to manage u ...
... Polluted runoff from diffuse sources continues to be the major source of coastal pollution. Hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, nitrogen loading and “dead zones” are harbingers of coastal marine ecosystem change resulting from often complex, cumulative and secondary sources that are difficult to manage u ...
Ocean Acoustics Modelling for EIAs: a Review
... Over the past sixty years, changes in the ocean sound levels and distribution have resulted from increased anthropogenic activity in water (e.g., seismic-exploration activity, maritime shipping, oil and gas research and extraction and wind farm development). In light of the increasing concern that t ...
... Over the past sixty years, changes in the ocean sound levels and distribution have resulted from increased anthropogenic activity in water (e.g., seismic-exploration activity, maritime shipping, oil and gas research and extraction and wind farm development). In light of the increasing concern that t ...
Authigenic iron oxide proxies for marine zinc over
... seawater-like salinity (0.56 M NaCl), standard temperature (25 °C), the exclusion of molecular O2 and a pCO2 of ten times present atmospheric levels (PAL). Calcium, pH, and Fe were determined by equilibrium reactions with excess calcite and siderite. Redox considerations were omitted such that all F ...
... seawater-like salinity (0.56 M NaCl), standard temperature (25 °C), the exclusion of molecular O2 and a pCO2 of ten times present atmospheric levels (PAL). Calcium, pH, and Fe were determined by equilibrium reactions with excess calcite and siderite. Redox considerations were omitted such that all F ...
The International Legal Framework for Prevention of Vessel
... its definition and sources. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the 1982 UNCLOS) which serves as the constitution of the oceans provides a definition of marine pollution. In Article 1 Use of terms and scope paragraph 1, subparagraph (4) defines “pollution of the marine environment” ...
... its definition and sources. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the 1982 UNCLOS) which serves as the constitution of the oceans provides a definition of marine pollution. In Article 1 Use of terms and scope paragraph 1, subparagraph (4) defines “pollution of the marine environment” ...
Marine Strategy for the Netherlands part of the North Sea 2012
... recovery being responsible for the largest part of the total added value of about 35 billion euros (2007). The space provided by the North Sea is also used to build wind farms. The beach is an attraction for tourists from the Netherlands and abroad, and therefore of economic importance. Threats: eco ...
... recovery being responsible for the largest part of the total added value of about 35 billion euros (2007). The space provided by the North Sea is also used to build wind farms. The beach is an attraction for tourists from the Netherlands and abroad, and therefore of economic importance. Threats: eco ...
(2012) Marine microbial diversity and its role in ecosystem
... position paper with recommendations designed to directly influence research agendas at both national and European level. In the first instance, this paper is targeted towards those who determine and set the research agenda, including European and national research funding organizations, programme ma ...
... position paper with recommendations designed to directly influence research agendas at both national and European level. In the first instance, this paper is targeted towards those who determine and set the research agenda, including European and national research funding organizations, programme ma ...
BfN-Skripten 43 - Bundesamt für Naturschutz
... chemosynthesis, rather than photosynthesis, have been discovered at deep sea vents. And seamounts are now recognized to host a diverse and little-explored coral-based fauna characterized by high levels of endemism and highly threatened by current fishing activities. Already several nations - Austral ...
... chemosynthesis, rather than photosynthesis, have been discovered at deep sea vents. And seamounts are now recognized to host a diverse and little-explored coral-based fauna characterized by high levels of endemism and highly threatened by current fishing activities. Already several nations - Austral ...
Sea Search Manual
... Victoria’s system of marine national parks and marine sanctuaries was declared in 2002, ensuring a high level of protection is given to representative areas of the state’s marine environment. These ‘wet’ parks cover 5.3% of the state’s waters and protect marine life in the same way that national par ...
... Victoria’s system of marine national parks and marine sanctuaries was declared in 2002, ensuring a high level of protection is given to representative areas of the state’s marine environment. These ‘wet’ parks cover 5.3% of the state’s waters and protect marine life in the same way that national par ...
Methodology for oceanic CO2 measurements - UNESDOC
... profound implications for the Earth’s delicate radiative balance. Predicting climatic change is difficult due to large uncertainties in the suite of variables that comprise the global environment “equation”. Various model-based scenarios of the Earth’s response to the anthropogenic CO2 overburden ha ...
... profound implications for the Earth’s delicate radiative balance. Predicting climatic change is difficult due to large uncertainties in the suite of variables that comprise the global environment “equation”. Various model-based scenarios of the Earth’s response to the anthropogenic CO2 overburden ha ...
Integrated Ocean Management Plan for the Beaufort Sea: 2009
... developing a regional governance process that would complement national inter‐ departmental and inter‐governmental Oceans governance processes. This led to the formation of a Regional Coordination Committee (RCC), the Beaufort Sea Partnership (BSP) and a number of Worki ...
... developing a regional governance process that would complement national inter‐ departmental and inter‐governmental Oceans governance processes. This led to the formation of a Regional Coordination Committee (RCC), the Beaufort Sea Partnership (BSP) and a number of Worki ...
Consultative Draft, V5 November, 2016
... The Deep Western Boundary Currents (DWBCs) of the MOC are part of a global-scale deep ocean current system. Roughly equivalent volumes of dense water sink in the North Atlantic and Antarctic limbs of the MOC and are transported to distant ocean basins. Despite their importance, long-term repeated ...
... The Deep Western Boundary Currents (DWBCs) of the MOC are part of a global-scale deep ocean current system. Roughly equivalent volumes of dense water sink in the North Atlantic and Antarctic limbs of the MOC and are transported to distant ocean basins. Despite their importance, long-term repeated ...
Ch. 16 Marine and Coastal Systems: Resources, Impacts, and
... dumped trash and untreated sewage along their shores ...
... dumped trash and untreated sewage along their shores ...
Marine debris
Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a lake, sea, ocean or waterway. Floating oceanic debris tends to accumulate at the centre of gyres and on coastlines, frequently washing aground, when it is known as beach litter or tidewrack. Deliberate disposal of wastes at sea is called ocean dumping. Naturally occurring debris, such as driftwood, are also present.With the increasing use of plastic, human influence has become an issue as many types of plastics do not biodegrade. Waterborne plastic poses a serious threat to fish, seabirds, marine reptiles, and marine mammals, as well as to boats and coasts. Dumping, container spillages, litter washed into storm drains and waterways and wind-blown landfill waste all contribute to this problem.