Large Marine Ecosystems
... 2.6 Degradation and loss of habitat is of major concern in LMEs. Twenty per cent of global mangrove area was lost from 1980 to 2005. Loss continues at about 1 per cent per year, mainly driven by land clearing for development. By 2030, more than half of warm-water coral reefs are projected to be at ...
... 2.6 Degradation and loss of habitat is of major concern in LMEs. Twenty per cent of global mangrove area was lost from 1980 to 2005. Loss continues at about 1 per cent per year, mainly driven by land clearing for development. By 2030, more than half of warm-water coral reefs are projected to be at ...
Biological and physical processes in and around Astoria submarine
... beginning just 16 km west of the mouth of the Columbia River along the northern Oregon and southern Washington coasts. During the summer of 2001, physical, chemical, and biological measurements in the canyon were taken to better understand the hydrodynamic setting of, and the feeding relationships a ...
... beginning just 16 km west of the mouth of the Columbia River along the northern Oregon and southern Washington coasts. During the summer of 2001, physical, chemical, and biological measurements in the canyon were taken to better understand the hydrodynamic setting of, and the feeding relationships a ...
Oceanography and Marine Biology An Annual Review volume 47
... extensively with benthic ecology although the importance of benthic-pelagic coupling in nutrient recycling and the carbon cycle is acknowledged. The system concept used in EUR-OCEANS is similar to the Large Marine Ecosystems (LME) introduced by Sherman et al. (1993). The aim of LME was to define sea ...
... extensively with benthic ecology although the importance of benthic-pelagic coupling in nutrient recycling and the carbon cycle is acknowledged. The system concept used in EUR-OCEANS is similar to the Large Marine Ecosystems (LME) introduced by Sherman et al. (1993). The aim of LME was to define sea ...
Protecting the Deep Sea Under International Law
... addition, the limited coverage and lack of management action by regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs), compounded by illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing, as well as the vulnerability of target species and ecosystems damaged by the fishing, has lead to serious depletion of ...
... addition, the limited coverage and lack of management action by regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs), compounded by illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing, as well as the vulnerability of target species and ecosystems damaged by the fishing, has lead to serious depletion of ...
Internal report - The Marine Life Information Network
... from the SNCBs in December 2014 (Appendix 1), and suggest a final list of benchmarks for use in sensitivity assessment. The review process used the following attributes to determine the suitability of each pressure benchmark to sensitivity assessment. The definition of benchmarks should: • represent ...
... from the SNCBs in December 2014 (Appendix 1), and suggest a final list of benchmarks for use in sensitivity assessment. The review process used the following attributes to determine the suitability of each pressure benchmark to sensitivity assessment. The definition of benchmarks should: • represent ...
From Single Species to the Community Level: Exploring
... Subsequently, numerous classification systems were developed, based both on morphological, and more recently, small subunit ribosomal DNA (18S rDNA) information (e.g., see reviews by Cavalier‐Smith 2002; Corliss 2002), which included several attempts to unify all protists in one king ...
... Subsequently, numerous classification systems were developed, based both on morphological, and more recently, small subunit ribosomal DNA (18S rDNA) information (e.g., see reviews by Cavalier‐Smith 2002; Corliss 2002), which included several attempts to unify all protists in one king ...
Effect of Detachment on the Palatability of two Kelp Species
... this allows all algae in a tank to be exposed to the same light and nutrient regimes over time, it does not necessarily reflect the natural condition where algae are growing attached to a firm substratum. Benthic algae, particularly in shallow areas, are exposed to varying degrees of wave and water ...
... this allows all algae in a tank to be exposed to the same light and nutrient regimes over time, it does not necessarily reflect the natural condition where algae are growing attached to a firm substratum. Benthic algae, particularly in shallow areas, are exposed to varying degrees of wave and water ...
View/Download the Competition Program
... of the art systems that are used for ocean modeling, ocean sensing, and real-time data collection; runs two State of Florida research vessels; and is located amongst the largest concentration of marine scientists in the Southeastern US. CMS research includes climate change, marine resource depletion ...
... of the art systems that are used for ocean modeling, ocean sensing, and real-time data collection; runs two State of Florida research vessels; and is located amongst the largest concentration of marine scientists in the Southeastern US. CMS research includes climate change, marine resource depletion ...
FINAL DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 6 Subject to Final Copyedit 1
... Climate change alters physical, chemical, and biological properties of the ocean (very high confidence). Oceanic drivers include salinity, circulation, temperature, carbon dioxide (CO2), oxygen (O2), nutrients, and light. These drivers shape the physiological performance of individual cells and orga ...
... Climate change alters physical, chemical, and biological properties of the ocean (very high confidence). Oceanic drivers include salinity, circulation, temperature, carbon dioxide (CO2), oxygen (O2), nutrients, and light. These drivers shape the physiological performance of individual cells and orga ...
Assessment of Impacts of Mariculture Year
... OSPAR previously acknowledged that the mariculture industry is very diverse, its impacts are mostly sitespecific, regulation and control will therefore always need to be focused on a case-by-case approach, and a substantial amount of general guidance is available to give the background to these case ...
... OSPAR previously acknowledged that the mariculture industry is very diverse, its impacts are mostly sitespecific, regulation and control will therefore always need to be focused on a case-by-case approach, and a substantial amount of general guidance is available to give the background to these case ...
document
... In fact, the UN Secretary-General recently reported the gaps in coverage by RFMOs as being the southeast Pacific Ocean for all fish stocks, and the south-west Atlantic, south-east Pacific, westcentral Pacific, Indian Ocean and the Caribbean for straddling fish stocks and discrete high seas fish stoc ...
... In fact, the UN Secretary-General recently reported the gaps in coverage by RFMOs as being the southeast Pacific Ocean for all fish stocks, and the south-west Atlantic, south-east Pacific, westcentral Pacific, Indian Ocean and the Caribbean for straddling fish stocks and discrete high seas fish stoc ...
Legal Issues Concerning Conservation and Protection of Marine
... circumstances. In addition to this, new communities have been discovered into the cold seep fields and all over the ocean that contain unique organisms with the distinctive characteristics and genes. Thus the numbers of States and companies are engaged into the bioprospecting within these areas as t ...
... circumstances. In addition to this, new communities have been discovered into the cold seep fields and all over the ocean that contain unique organisms with the distinctive characteristics and genes. Thus the numbers of States and companies are engaged into the bioprospecting within these areas as t ...
Abstracts - Australian Marine Sciences Association
... low and when significant shifts in the composition of microbial communities associated with algal surfaces occur. Bacterial biofilms associated with the surfaces of ‘healthy’ and ‘sick’ algae are different with respect to both phylogeny (16S rRNA gene sequencing) and function (metagenomics) and thes ...
... low and when significant shifts in the composition of microbial communities associated with algal surfaces occur. Bacterial biofilms associated with the surfaces of ‘healthy’ and ‘sick’ algae are different with respect to both phylogeny (16S rRNA gene sequencing) and function (metagenomics) and thes ...
Western Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (WAIMOS
... Figure 23: Change in cover of major benthos; the kelp Ecklonia, red Foliose algae, hard corals between 2010 and 2013 showing timing of loss and recovery around the 2011 marine heatwave in WA ......50 Figure 24: Long term (January 1998 to December 2012) averaged surface chlorophyll a concentrations ...
... Figure 23: Change in cover of major benthos; the kelp Ecklonia, red Foliose algae, hard corals between 2010 and 2013 showing timing of loss and recovery around the 2011 marine heatwave in WA ......50 Figure 24: Long term (January 1998 to December 2012) averaged surface chlorophyll a concentrations ...
Microbiology of seaMouNts
... and/or Epsilonproteobacteria being the most common members of hydrothermal habitats associated with seamounts exhibiting volcanic activity. Another noneruptive seamount scenario is also examined, for example, South Chamorro Seamount, an active forearc serpentinite mud volcano. ...
... and/or Epsilonproteobacteria being the most common members of hydrothermal habitats associated with seamounts exhibiting volcanic activity. Another noneruptive seamount scenario is also examined, for example, South Chamorro Seamount, an active forearc serpentinite mud volcano. ...
Authigenic iron oxide proxies for marine zinc over
... severely suppressed marine Zn concentrations would have significant consequences for the activity and abundance of modern eukaryotic phytoplankton. Such may have been the case in deep geological time. A survey of physiological experiments found that marine prokaryotic microbes, particularly the cyan ...
... severely suppressed marine Zn concentrations would have significant consequences for the activity and abundance of modern eukaryotic phytoplankton. Such may have been the case in deep geological time. A survey of physiological experiments found that marine prokaryotic microbes, particularly the cyan ...
Eastern Caribbean Regional Ocean Policy
... Secretariat Ocean Governance Unit, in leading and coordinating activities at the regional level. Key elements of the institutional framework therefore include: ...
... Secretariat Ocean Governance Unit, in leading and coordinating activities at the regional level. Key elements of the institutional framework therefore include: ...
Marine Strategy for the Netherlands part of the North Sea 2012
... 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: ecological degradation and loss of biodiversity Positive developments can be observed in the Netherlands part of the Nor ...
... 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: ecological degradation and loss of biodiversity Positive developments can be observed in the Netherlands part of the Nor ...
the seamounts of the gorringe bank
... The Gorringe Bank is therefore regarded as one of the areas with the greatest potential for seismic movements31, and thus the creation of tsunamis, in the Atlantic, and has been the focus of numerous seismological studies32. The Gorringe Bank divides the Azores–Gibraltar Fracture Zone in two, with o ...
... The Gorringe Bank is therefore regarded as one of the areas with the greatest potential for seismic movements31, and thus the creation of tsunamis, in the Atlantic, and has been the focus of numerous seismological studies32. The Gorringe Bank divides the Azores–Gibraltar Fracture Zone in two, with o ...
Microbial activity in bentonite buffers. Literature study
... limits of mi crobial life in extrem e conditions and t he occurrence of sulphatereducing prokaryotes in extreme environments is reviewed briefly and the results of published studies characterizing microbes and microbial processes in repository conditions or in relevant subsurface environments are pr ...
... limits of mi crobial life in extrem e conditions and t he occurrence of sulphatereducing prokaryotes in extreme environments is reviewed briefly and the results of published studies characterizing microbes and microbial processes in repository conditions or in relevant subsurface environments are pr ...
Reducing uncertainty and confronting ignorance about
... originally defined by Rockström et al., i.e., ozone depletion (halocarbons), climate change (CO2, CH4, and other climateforcing agents), ocean acidification (CO2), the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles, and chemical pollution. Recognizing that chemicals defined several of the identified boundaries, Persso ...
... originally defined by Rockström et al., i.e., ozone depletion (halocarbons), climate change (CO2, CH4, and other climateforcing agents), ocean acidification (CO2), the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles, and chemical pollution. Recognizing that chemicals defined several of the identified boundaries, Persso ...
Cell-free extracellular enzymatic activity is linked
... Potential sources of cell-free EEA include direct EE release from cells in response to appropriate substrate (Alderkamp et al., 2007), to bacterial starvation (Albertson et al., 1990), to changes in cell permeability (Chrost, 1991), to viral lysis (Karner and Rassoulzadegan, 1995), and to protist gr ...
... Potential sources of cell-free EEA include direct EE release from cells in response to appropriate substrate (Alderkamp et al., 2007), to bacterial starvation (Albertson et al., 1990), to changes in cell permeability (Chrost, 1991), to viral lysis (Karner and Rassoulzadegan, 1995), and to protist gr ...
Possible evidence for a large decrease in seawater strontium
... shells are found in a wide variety of facies worldwide, and they have numerous modern representatives. The ecological tolerances of modern turritellids are relatively well constrained: they prefer relatively shallow shelf environments and relatively cool, nutrient-rich waters (Allmon, 1988). They pr ...
... shells are found in a wide variety of facies worldwide, and they have numerous modern representatives. The ecological tolerances of modern turritellids are relatively well constrained: they prefer relatively shallow shelf environments and relatively cool, nutrient-rich waters (Allmon, 1988). They pr ...
Meeting the MPA Network Principle of Viability
... their development and research suggests that dispersal commonly occurs over large distances (often exceeding 50 km). However, the uncertainties which surround the dispersion models, and the contradictory evidence reported by some genetic studies, make it difficult to ascribe high confidence levels t ...
... their development and research suggests that dispersal commonly occurs over large distances (often exceeding 50 km). However, the uncertainties which surround the dispersion models, and the contradictory evidence reported by some genetic studies, make it difficult to ascribe high confidence levels t ...