A Brief History of the Cuban Institute of Oceanology, Playa La
... It is not possible in so short a paper to summarize even the most important scientific results at IdO over more than 45 years. By way of example I would like to mention only a few activities, which illustrate some representative products. The initial characterizations of the Cuban marine shelf menti ...
... It is not possible in so short a paper to summarize even the most important scientific results at IdO over more than 45 years. By way of example I would like to mention only a few activities, which illustrate some representative products. The initial characterizations of the Cuban marine shelf menti ...
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... • Zooplankton rise to shallow water at night, sink to deeper water during the day • Found in many different groups of zooplankton • Zooplankters usually start to sink before dawn, and start to rise before dusk • Cycle is probably an internal biological clock that must be reinforced by day-night ligh ...
... • Zooplankton rise to shallow water at night, sink to deeper water during the day • Found in many different groups of zooplankton • Zooplankters usually start to sink before dawn, and start to rise before dusk • Cycle is probably an internal biological clock that must be reinforced by day-night ligh ...
Executive summary of the fourth session of the IOC Regional
... GIS and assessmenton the statusand changesin LMEs; analysis of existing information and programmes with a view of providing a basis for further investigationof topics,suchas the dynamicsof the ecosystems,socio-economicand impact of human activities and degree of resistance and resilience, ecological ...
... GIS and assessmenton the statusand changesin LMEs; analysis of existing information and programmes with a view of providing a basis for further investigationof topics,suchas the dynamicsof the ecosystems,socio-economicand impact of human activities and degree of resistance and resilience, ecological ...
Coastal oceanographic observing and data in
... • Research activities are reflected through the implementation of national and international projects. •Within the ADRICOSM Partnership launched as a Type II Initiative at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in September 2002., Montenegro took part in two projects: •A ...
... • Research activities are reflected through the implementation of national and international projects. •Within the ADRICOSM Partnership launched as a Type II Initiative at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in September 2002., Montenegro took part in two projects: •A ...
Commonwealth marine reserves system
... Commonwealth marine reserves are sections of the ocean that are managed primarily for the conservation of their ecosystems, habitats and the marine life they support. The creation and effective management of marine reserves is widely regarded, both nationally and internationally, as one of the most ...
... Commonwealth marine reserves are sections of the ocean that are managed primarily for the conservation of their ecosystems, habitats and the marine life they support. The creation and effective management of marine reserves is widely regarded, both nationally and internationally, as one of the most ...
Chapter 7 - Miami Beach Senior High School
... Penguins, order Sphenisciformes, all live in the Southern hemisphere. Penguins make up about 80% of all Antarctic birds and by far outnumber even the massive marine mammal populations. Not all species live in cold places. Penguins are found on the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia, ...
... Penguins, order Sphenisciformes, all live in the Southern hemisphere. Penguins make up about 80% of all Antarctic birds and by far outnumber even the massive marine mammal populations. Not all species live in cold places. Penguins are found on the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia, ...
Schiel et al.—Marine communities, Kermadec Islands
... Corals were sparsely distributed and stands of large brown algae were not encountered. Sea urchins were abundant in patches, whereas larger herbivorous fish were found only in shallow water. The geographic isolation of these islands and their relatively recent geological history may be the most impo ...
... Corals were sparsely distributed and stands of large brown algae were not encountered. Sea urchins were abundant in patches, whereas larger herbivorous fish were found only in shallow water. The geographic isolation of these islands and their relatively recent geological history may be the most impo ...
the secret life of marine mammals
... sea, which lasts between 2 and 8 months (Fig. 4). Two-month trips are associated with females who have just completed lactation and are returning to molt, whereas the 8-month foraging trip follows the molting period and is when gestation occurs. While at sea, they spend 90% of their time underwater, ...
... sea, which lasts between 2 and 8 months (Fig. 4). Two-month trips are associated with females who have just completed lactation and are returning to molt, whereas the 8-month foraging trip follows the molting period and is when gestation occurs. While at sea, they spend 90% of their time underwater, ...
- National Defence College
... enormous, by 2006 more than 14,000 novel chemicals had been identified by marine bioprospecting and 300 patents registered on marine natural products[15]. The unexplored and understudied nature of much of the underwater world means that the capacity of marine organisms other than fish and shellfish ...
... enormous, by 2006 more than 14,000 novel chemicals had been identified by marine bioprospecting and 300 patents registered on marine natural products[15]. The unexplored and understudied nature of much of the underwater world means that the capacity of marine organisms other than fish and shellfish ...
PDF - Marine Ornithology
... assemblages quickly respond to shifting physical characteristics (e.g., water mass distributions), and that these changes can be nonlinear, with variable magnitude and direction (Hyrenbach, Morgan). However, little is understood about how these short-term population responses to oceanographic variab ...
... assemblages quickly respond to shifting physical characteristics (e.g., water mass distributions), and that these changes can be nonlinear, with variable magnitude and direction (Hyrenbach, Morgan). However, little is understood about how these short-term population responses to oceanographic variab ...
Marine latitudinal diversity gradients: Tests of causal hypotheses
... Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans, from the tropics to the Arctic Ocean. Western Atlantic and eastern Pacific diversities are similar, and the diversity gradients are strikingly similar despite many important physical and historical differences between the oceans. This shared diversity pattern can ...
... Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans, from the tropics to the Arctic Ocean. Western Atlantic and eastern Pacific diversities are similar, and the diversity gradients are strikingly similar despite many important physical and historical differences between the oceans. This shared diversity pattern can ...
Introduction to Marine Science
... Gathered physical, geological, chemical, and biological data as they documented temperature, currents, water chemistry, marine organisms, and bottom sediments Some of the many accomplishments of this mission include: First soundings deeper than 4,000 meters Discovered marine organisms in the d ...
... Gathered physical, geological, chemical, and biological data as they documented temperature, currents, water chemistry, marine organisms, and bottom sediments Some of the many accomplishments of this mission include: First soundings deeper than 4,000 meters Discovered marine organisms in the d ...
Marine Unit 1 PPT
... Gathered physical, geological, chemical, and biological data as they documented temperature, currents, water chemistry, marine organisms, and bottom sediments Some of the many accomplishments of this mission include: First soundings deeper than 4,000 meters Discovered marine organisms in the d ...
... Gathered physical, geological, chemical, and biological data as they documented temperature, currents, water chemistry, marine organisms, and bottom sediments Some of the many accomplishments of this mission include: First soundings deeper than 4,000 meters Discovered marine organisms in the d ...
Marine environmental monitoring programmes in South Africa: a
... forcing such as climatic shifts in weather patterns across the globe and global circulation changes.1 The particularly dynamic juxtaposition of the warm western boundary Agulhas Current and one of the major upwelling regions of the world, the Benguela system, contributes greatly to the high variabil ...
... forcing such as climatic shifts in weather patterns across the globe and global circulation changes.1 The particularly dynamic juxtaposition of the warm western boundary Agulhas Current and one of the major upwelling regions of the world, the Benguela system, contributes greatly to the high variabil ...
Table of Contents
... This book is dedicated to those federal elected officials and senior managers who had the wisdom and foresight to establish the Bedford Institute of Oceanography and who provided it with the resources in the early years to develop into one of the world’s major oceanographic institutions and make imp ...
... This book is dedicated to those federal elected officials and senior managers who had the wisdom and foresight to establish the Bedford Institute of Oceanography and who provided it with the resources in the early years to develop into one of the world’s major oceanographic institutions and make imp ...
Table of Contents
... This book is dedicated to those federal elected officials and senior managers who had the wisdom and foresight to establish the Bedford Institute of Oceanography and who provided it with the resources in the early years to develop into one of the world’s major oceanographic institutions and make imp ...
... This book is dedicated to those federal elected officials and senior managers who had the wisdom and foresight to establish the Bedford Institute of Oceanography and who provided it with the resources in the early years to develop into one of the world’s major oceanographic institutions and make imp ...
Furtive foes: algal viruses as potential invaders
... suitable host population because they cannot reproduce outside their host. The geographical range of potential host algae and the host range of the introduced virus are important for assessing the potential for invasion success. Theoretically, without considering any biases introduced by the mode of ...
... suitable host population because they cannot reproduce outside their host. The geographical range of potential host algae and the host range of the introduced virus are important for assessing the potential for invasion success. Theoretically, without considering any biases introduced by the mode of ...
384. Assessing the Social Impacts of Changes in Fisheries Policy
... Some fishers may go out fishing for a few hours; others for up to 50 days on the ocean in a single trip • How to get them in same room at same time? Should you even try? ...
... Some fishers may go out fishing for a few hours; others for up to 50 days on the ocean in a single trip • How to get them in same room at same time? Should you even try? ...
Coastal waters - Scotland`s Environment Web
... A range of pollutants resulting from human activities are discharged into coastal waters, and the impacts on water, plants and animals are variable. Hazardous substances, such as trace metals (e.g. cadmium and mercury), pesticides, oils and flame retardants, enter the sea via discharges of domestic ...
... A range of pollutants resulting from human activities are discharged into coastal waters, and the impacts on water, plants and animals are variable. Hazardous substances, such as trace metals (e.g. cadmium and mercury), pesticides, oils and flame retardants, enter the sea via discharges of domestic ...
English - Caribbean Environment Programme
... (WCR)1, where approximately one-fourth of the world's marine mammal species occur, but where for many countries there is still minimal information on their biology and conservation needs. Direct exploitation (hunting or live-captures) and incidental mortality (by-catch) in fisheries are among these ...
... (WCR)1, where approximately one-fourth of the world's marine mammal species occur, but where for many countries there is still minimal information on their biology and conservation needs. Direct exploitation (hunting or live-captures) and incidental mortality (by-catch) in fisheries are among these ...
Full Text
... The formation of Virginia's coastal plain, aswe know it today, began over 25 million yearsago. For most of those years, as ice ages came and went, as oceans changed their boundaries and continents shifted, the area that is now occupiedby the ChesapeakeBay andthe EasternShore was covered by shallow s ...
... The formation of Virginia's coastal plain, aswe know it today, began over 25 million yearsago. For most of those years, as ice ages came and went, as oceans changed their boundaries and continents shifted, the area that is now occupiedby the ChesapeakeBay andthe EasternShore was covered by shallow s ...
Marine Primary Productivity: Measurements and Variability
... terms of carbon contained in living material and expressed as grams of carbon (g C) produced per day, in a column of water intersecting one square meter of sea surface (g C m-2 d-1), from the surface to the seabed. Primary productivity is the amount of plant tissue build up by photosynthesis over ti ...
... terms of carbon contained in living material and expressed as grams of carbon (g C) produced per day, in a column of water intersecting one square meter of sea surface (g C m-2 d-1), from the surface to the seabed. Primary productivity is the amount of plant tissue build up by photosynthesis over ti ...
Protecting Cuvier`s beaked whale and Mediterranean
... wildlife and the wider ecosystem,[6] yet many EIAs are insufficiently researched, drawing heavily from previous assessments. In a significant number of cases, approvals are given without careful consideration of the detail presented in the assessments. Instances of duplicated information or missing ...
... wildlife and the wider ecosystem,[6] yet many EIAs are insufficiently researched, drawing heavily from previous assessments. In a significant number of cases, approvals are given without careful consideration of the detail presented in the assessments. Instances of duplicated information or missing ...
Salinity (Marine) - Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines
... can have biological implications. A relationship appears to exist, in some cases, between adverse effects on marine and estuarine organisms and the length of exposure to extreme salinities (Voyer and Modica 1990; Voyer and McGovern 1991). Saline water is a composite of many different solutes and, as ...
... can have biological implications. A relationship appears to exist, in some cases, between adverse effects on marine and estuarine organisms and the length of exposure to extreme salinities (Voyer and Modica 1990; Voyer and McGovern 1991). Saline water is a composite of many different solutes and, as ...
nine leading marine scientists
... his doctorate (1979) and habilitation (1985) are in Fisheries Biology, from the University of Kiel. After many years at the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), in Manila, Philippines, Daniel Pauly became in 1994 Professor at the Fisheries Centre of the University o ...
... his doctorate (1979) and habilitation (1985) are in Fisheries Biology, from the University of Kiel. After many years at the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), in Manila, Philippines, Daniel Pauly became in 1994 Professor at the Fisheries Centre of the University o ...