Chapter 39 Marine Reptiles
... Dutton and Squires (2011) highlight the need for a holistic conservation approach that addresses all sources of mortality and deals with the trans-boundary nature of these multiple threats. Decades of over-harvest of eggs on nesting beaches have driven historic declines of some breeding populations, ...
... Dutton and Squires (2011) highlight the need for a holistic conservation approach that addresses all sources of mortality and deals with the trans-boundary nature of these multiple threats. Decades of over-harvest of eggs on nesting beaches have driven historic declines of some breeding populations, ...
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... in the bay and not in the open gulf outside of it. These records suggest a preference for coastal water over oceanic water if brackish water can be avoided. Unfortunately, we have, no information on the salinity at Tongatabu during the bloom. Harmful effects associated with blooms vary from negligib ...
... in the bay and not in the open gulf outside of it. These records suggest a preference for coastal water over oceanic water if brackish water can be avoided. Unfortunately, we have, no information on the salinity at Tongatabu during the bloom. Harmful effects associated with blooms vary from negligib ...
Distribution and Morphology of the Colonial Scleractinian Madracis
... to 14 m depth at both stations. Samples were collected during field surveys on scleractinian biodiversity by scuba diving from three stations and five localities along the western coast of the Dardanelles. The sampling depth ranged from 20 m to 39 m. Among the 200 stations visited during a two-year ...
... to 14 m depth at both stations. Samples were collected during field surveys on scleractinian biodiversity by scuba diving from three stations and five localities along the western coast of the Dardanelles. The sampling depth ranged from 20 m to 39 m. Among the 200 stations visited during a two-year ...
Seamount Census Reveals New and Poorly Known Marine Life
... relationships. And its really important “Most of these species are more for us to know the relationships among typically found in the eastern Atlantic, different groups of organisms so that and are either rare or previously we can understand things like how unknown from the western Atlantic. evoluti ...
... relationships. And its really important “Most of these species are more for us to know the relationships among typically found in the eastern Atlantic, different groups of organisms so that and are either rare or previously we can understand things like how unknown from the western Atlantic. evoluti ...
imate Change and Oceans Fact File
... northern and southern regions of Earth. Kelp forests are underwater habitats with high density of kelp. Thick kelp forests not only provide shelter and food for many animals, but many fish species depend on this unique and productive habitat as a breeding ground. The forests are also a crucial habit ...
... northern and southern regions of Earth. Kelp forests are underwater habitats with high density of kelp. Thick kelp forests not only provide shelter and food for many animals, but many fish species depend on this unique and productive habitat as a breeding ground. The forests are also a crucial habit ...
2005_0819FORUMPresentationWetlandsAdded
... low-mod $) Continue on-going sediment sampling (no new $) Develop additional indexes on for other seafloor organisms. (mod $) Look at different strata – focus studies to look at nearshore. (mod $) ...
... low-mod $) Continue on-going sediment sampling (no new $) Develop additional indexes on for other seafloor organisms. (mod $) Look at different strata – focus studies to look at nearshore. (mod $) ...
Chapter 31
... “Phytoplankton are responsible for approximately 40% of the planet's total annual photosynthetic (i.e., `primary') production. The magnitude of their contribution to global primary production is often unappreciated because they represent such a small fraction of the total photosynthetic biomass on ...
... “Phytoplankton are responsible for approximately 40% of the planet's total annual photosynthetic (i.e., `primary') production. The magnitude of their contribution to global primary production is often unappreciated because they represent such a small fraction of the total photosynthetic biomass on ...
Acidification of Europe`s seas: an overview based on the European
... some planktonic organism are more directly harmed by acidification, while others by warming the combined effects can strengthen their impacts on some species acidification and warming modify the abundance and functioning of both phytoplankton and zooplankton groups living in the Med. Sea. Including ...
... some planktonic organism are more directly harmed by acidification, while others by warming the combined effects can strengthen their impacts on some species acidification and warming modify the abundance and functioning of both phytoplankton and zooplankton groups living in the Med. Sea. Including ...
ángeles garcía pardo
... By definition, microorganisms are invisible to the naked eye. However, they are the most abundant and the most diverse living beings in this Planet. Their contribution to carbon, nutrient, and energy flows is essential, to the point that a world without microbes would not be viable, while a strictly ...
... By definition, microorganisms are invisible to the naked eye. However, they are the most abundant and the most diverse living beings in this Planet. Their contribution to carbon, nutrient, and energy flows is essential, to the point that a world without microbes would not be viable, while a strictly ...
Vita
... Postdoctoral Research Associate and Senior Nereus Fellow, Princeton University The Nereus Program is an interdisciplinary initiative that aims to further our knowledge of how to attain sustainability for global ocean fisheries. I will contribute towards this goal by examining and modeling global rel ...
... Postdoctoral Research Associate and Senior Nereus Fellow, Princeton University The Nereus Program is an interdisciplinary initiative that aims to further our knowledge of how to attain sustainability for global ocean fisheries. I will contribute towards this goal by examining and modeling global rel ...
First report of infestation by a parasitic copepod (Pennella
... P. balaenopterae females have been reported in various marine mammals but this is the first record in the harbour porpoise and in any phocoenid species in general. Pennella balaenopterae is the largest known copepod in the world but the life history of Pennella species is not well understood. Salini ...
... P. balaenopterae females have been reported in various marine mammals but this is the first record in the harbour porpoise and in any phocoenid species in general. Pennella balaenopterae is the largest known copepod in the world but the life history of Pennella species is not well understood. Salini ...
A second year of expedition gets underway
... Overall, more adverse weather conditions than that experienced during the previous year are to be expected. One of the objectives of the Tara Oceans Expedition is to study the little-known world of marine plankton ecosystems, from viruses to fish larvae, along with certain coral ecosystems. These mi ...
... Overall, more adverse weather conditions than that experienced during the previous year are to be expected. One of the objectives of the Tara Oceans Expedition is to study the little-known world of marine plankton ecosystems, from viruses to fish larvae, along with certain coral ecosystems. These mi ...
Sharks: Key to Healthy Oceans
... is too late. Healthy and biologically diverse shark populations are important to maintaining balance in marine ecosystems, including healthy habitats and fisheries. By establishing comprehensive protections for sharks, not only will sharks be permanently safeguarded, but the marine ecosystem and the ...
... is too late. Healthy and biologically diverse shark populations are important to maintaining balance in marine ecosystems, including healthy habitats and fisheries. By establishing comprehensive protections for sharks, not only will sharks be permanently safeguarded, but the marine ecosystem and the ...
Faculty of Geography and Geoecology, Saint-Petersburg
... conditions in the Yellow Sea to understand the status of basin ecosystem. Zooplankton abundance and biomass were estimated in October~November 2003 and 2005 by both Korea and China. Seawater temperature, salinity and chlorophyll-a concentration were also measured. Zooplankton biomass was higher in 2 ...
... conditions in the Yellow Sea to understand the status of basin ecosystem. Zooplankton abundance and biomass were estimated in October~November 2003 and 2005 by both Korea and China. Seawater temperature, salinity and chlorophyll-a concentration were also measured. Zooplankton biomass was higher in 2 ...
Text invitation press conference final
... Nature and science Plankton can only live in areas containing the “necessary nutrients”. Due to several environmental circumstances large areas in the oceans are lacking some of those nutrients resulting in a limited plankton productivity as well as CO2-absorption. Supplying the lacking nutrients in ...
... Nature and science Plankton can only live in areas containing the “necessary nutrients”. Due to several environmental circumstances large areas in the oceans are lacking some of those nutrients resulting in a limited plankton productivity as well as CO2-absorption. Supplying the lacking nutrients in ...
Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) in North Sea
... contains 22 Bq/kg, whereas the Baltic Sea only has 4 Bq/kg (Walker and Rose, 1990). The correlation between radioactivity and salinity, i.e. mainly the concentration of Na+ and Cl-‐, can be explained b ...
... contains 22 Bq/kg, whereas the Baltic Sea only has 4 Bq/kg (Walker and Rose, 1990). The correlation between radioactivity and salinity, i.e. mainly the concentration of Na+ and Cl-‐, can be explained b ...
Final Draft
... observing system. ICSU’s Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) coordinates international ocean research that has and will develop observing techniques and networks that become a part of the sustained ocean observing system. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) facilitates ...
... observing system. ICSU’s Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) coordinates international ocean research that has and will develop observing techniques and networks that become a part of the sustained ocean observing system. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) facilitates ...
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 1 Input to SG report on
... productivity and economic value of these species through direct toxic impacts on their viability or their reproductive capacity and the enhancement of their capacity to accumulate pollutants. Enhancing knowledge on the biology and ecology species of ecological and economic importance is essential to ...
... productivity and economic value of these species through direct toxic impacts on their viability or their reproductive capacity and the enhancement of their capacity to accumulate pollutants. Enhancing knowledge on the biology and ecology species of ecological and economic importance is essential to ...
Deep Sea Trenches
... useless in the dark environments in which it lives. The squid's light show is probably its main form of defense, since it lacks the ink sack which is present in other squid species. It can, however, eject a thick cloud of glowing, bioluminescent mucus from the tips of its arms when threatened. The u ...
... useless in the dark environments in which it lives. The squid's light show is probably its main form of defense, since it lacks the ink sack which is present in other squid species. It can, however, eject a thick cloud of glowing, bioluminescent mucus from the tips of its arms when threatened. The u ...
Collaborative Projects Funded under the MarinERA Trans
... ecophysiologists with the aim to assess and model historical and projected future changes in the trophodynamic structure and function of the North Sea ecosystem. ECODRIVE advances our predictive understanding of the impacts of various drivers of ecosystem change including those acting via climate ch ...
... ecophysiologists with the aim to assess and model historical and projected future changes in the trophodynamic structure and function of the North Sea ecosystem. ECODRIVE advances our predictive understanding of the impacts of various drivers of ecosystem change including those acting via climate ch ...
History of Marine Science 2
... Descended 36,000 ft. into the Mariana Trench in the Pacific – the deepest depth in the ocean. ...
... Descended 36,000 ft. into the Mariana Trench in the Pacific – the deepest depth in the ocean. ...
Bacterial viruses in marine environment and their ecological role
... in tropical seawater near mangrove forests (2.2×106 1.2×107 VLPs ml 1) and in samples collected during the rainy season, whereas abundances are low above oceanic reefs (1.5 to 4.3×106 VLPs ml 1). The viral communities are abundant in mangrove habitats as compared to other biotopes for the reason tha ...
... in tropical seawater near mangrove forests (2.2×106 1.2×107 VLPs ml 1) and in samples collected during the rainy season, whereas abundances are low above oceanic reefs (1.5 to 4.3×106 VLPs ml 1). The viral communities are abundant in mangrove habitats as compared to other biotopes for the reason tha ...
The Marine Environment, Marine Living Resources and Marine
... Marine living resources case law • Pacific Fur Seal Arbitration 1893 – limits of jurisdiction to protect marine animals and the absolute freedom to fish. Limitations of the ‘flag state’ approach. • 1972 Fisheries Jurisdiction case (ICJ) – Iceland decided to extend its exclusive fishing zone to 50 n ...
... Marine living resources case law • Pacific Fur Seal Arbitration 1893 – limits of jurisdiction to protect marine animals and the absolute freedom to fish. Limitations of the ‘flag state’ approach. • 1972 Fisheries Jurisdiction case (ICJ) – Iceland decided to extend its exclusive fishing zone to 50 n ...
Chemistry of the Oceans
... charge on the oxygen side, produces some unusual properties, one of the most important being water's remarkable ability to dissolve more substances than any other solvent. Although most solids and gases are soluble in water, the oceans are essentially in chemical equilibrium with as much material re ...
... charge on the oxygen side, produces some unusual properties, one of the most important being water's remarkable ability to dissolve more substances than any other solvent. Although most solids and gases are soluble in water, the oceans are essentially in chemical equilibrium with as much material re ...