The Ocean Acidification Initiative Goal: $2.5 million
... fisheries/shellfish research. This work provides the data to develop ecosystem models that can be used to predict where ocean acidification will be manifested in the coastal ocean and its implications for marine organisms, as well as allow for the development of mitigation and remediation strategies ...
... fisheries/shellfish research. This work provides the data to develop ecosystem models that can be used to predict where ocean acidification will be manifested in the coastal ocean and its implications for marine organisms, as well as allow for the development of mitigation and remediation strategies ...
Alkanes Chapter 1.1
... • A substituent group is an atom or group of atoms that replaces a hydrogen atom in an organic compound • An alkyl group is a type of substituent group made up of one or more carbon atoms • Branches are named using a three part prefix 1. A number to indicate which carbon on the main chain holds the ...
... • A substituent group is an atom or group of atoms that replaces a hydrogen atom in an organic compound • An alkyl group is a type of substituent group made up of one or more carbon atoms • Branches are named using a three part prefix 1. A number to indicate which carbon on the main chain holds the ...
CHAPTER 1 - RECOGNIZING OCEAN ASSETS AND CHALLENGES
... Valuable oil and mineral resources are found off our shores and in the seabed; they fuel our cars and our economy, provide materials for construction and shoreline protection, and offer exciting opportunities for the future. Currently, about 30 percent of the nation’s oil supplies and 25 percent of ...
... Valuable oil and mineral resources are found off our shores and in the seabed; they fuel our cars and our economy, provide materials for construction and shoreline protection, and offer exciting opportunities for the future. Currently, about 30 percent of the nation’s oil supplies and 25 percent of ...
Assessment of carbon dynamics in relation to nutrient
... world‘s oceans contain approximately 50 times the amount of carbon stored in the atmosphere and nearly 10 times the amount stored in plants and soils (Sabine et al. 2004). It act as a net sink for approximately 1.7 billion metric tons of CO2 per year. About 45% of the CO2 released from fossil fuel c ...
... world‘s oceans contain approximately 50 times the amount of carbon stored in the atmosphere and nearly 10 times the amount stored in plants and soils (Sabine et al. 2004). It act as a net sink for approximately 1.7 billion metric tons of CO2 per year. About 45% of the CO2 released from fossil fuel c ...
Earth Science: Ch 14 Review:
... The mid-ocean ridge is located near the center of most ocean basins. The midocean ridge system is an interconnected system of underwater mountains that have developed on newly formed ocean crust. This system is the longest topographic feature on Earth running 70,000 kilometers around the world’s oce ...
... The mid-ocean ridge is located near the center of most ocean basins. The midocean ridge system is an interconnected system of underwater mountains that have developed on newly formed ocean crust. This system is the longest topographic feature on Earth running 70,000 kilometers around the world’s oce ...
117-186 Contributios 3.2 - Portal de Publicacions
... nitrogen load. The total area-specific load (kg N/ha per year) increases with increasing human activities, in particular with more intensive agricultural production in proximity to catchments. Accordingly to the last EEA report on the European environment [5], the gross nutrient balance (CSI 025) is ...
... nitrogen load. The total area-specific load (kg N/ha per year) increases with increasing human activities, in particular with more intensive agricultural production in proximity to catchments. Accordingly to the last EEA report on the European environment [5], the gross nutrient balance (CSI 025) is ...
The Geological Record of Ocean Acidification
... (hyperthermals) during the late with very little saturation change. All plots are color-coded from red Paleocene and early Eocene (58 (“fast”) to blue (“slow”). These model results include both climate to 51 Ma) comes primarily from and long-term (silicate) weathering feedback. See (2) and fig. S1 f ...
... (hyperthermals) during the late with very little saturation change. All plots are color-coded from red Paleocene and early Eocene (58 (“fast”) to blue (“slow”). These model results include both climate to 51 Ma) comes primarily from and long-term (silicate) weathering feedback. See (2) and fig. S1 f ...
Lakes and reservoirs as regulators of carbon cycling and climate
... groundwater flow (Fig. 1C–E). At higher northern latitudes, DIC may also dominate (Fig. 1A). In contrast, DOC dominates in the humid tropics and in noncarbonate boreal forest (Fig. 1B,F). The patterns depicted in Fig. 1, with losses and transformations of carbon during residence in inland waters, ha ...
... groundwater flow (Fig. 1C–E). At higher northern latitudes, DIC may also dominate (Fig. 1A). In contrast, DOC dominates in the humid tropics and in noncarbonate boreal forest (Fig. 1B,F). The patterns depicted in Fig. 1, with losses and transformations of carbon during residence in inland waters, ha ...
Laboratory for Microbial Ecology - Department of Environmental
... Originally, the principal users of the BIOLOG system were pharmaceutical, biotech, cosmetics, and medical device companies, as well as labs testing for diseases of humans, animals and plants, labs performing environmental monitoring, and companies or organizations involved in production or testing o ...
... Originally, the principal users of the BIOLOG system were pharmaceutical, biotech, cosmetics, and medical device companies, as well as labs testing for diseases of humans, animals and plants, labs performing environmental monitoring, and companies or organizations involved in production or testing o ...
Element Ratios and Aquatic Food Webs
... ficult to observe amidst the confounding influence of other factors, including a relatively low rate of change compared to initial concentrations. The in situ concentration was the result of a continuing dance conducted under the influence of various biotic and abiotic conductors. It was the element ...
... ficult to observe amidst the confounding influence of other factors, including a relatively low rate of change compared to initial concentrations. The in situ concentration was the result of a continuing dance conducted under the influence of various biotic and abiotic conductors. It was the element ...
Identification of food sources of invertebrates from the seagrass
... as food for animals; therefore, other primary producers or the detrital food chain supports secondary production in these communities (Mann 1972, Fenchel 1977, Kikuchi 1980). A number of constraints (small size of some consumers, impossibility of identifying a number of primary producers and interme ...
... as food for animals; therefore, other primary producers or the detrital food chain supports secondary production in these communities (Mann 1972, Fenchel 1977, Kikuchi 1980). A number of constraints (small size of some consumers, impossibility of identifying a number of primary producers and interme ...
FALL 2014
... and the inadequacy of earlier models, combined with the Southern Ocean’s importance to the Earth’s carbon and climate systems, that creates tremendous potential for groundbreaking research in this region. The Southern ...
... and the inadequacy of earlier models, combined with the Southern Ocean’s importance to the Earth’s carbon and climate systems, that creates tremendous potential for groundbreaking research in this region. The Southern ...
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 1 Input to SG report on
... radiation doses. Numerous land-based industrial, mining, domestic and agricultural activities result in substantial input of radionuclides and potentially toxic metals and organic pollutants into coastal and marine waters. These various types of contaminants can be bio-accumulated along the food cha ...
... radiation doses. Numerous land-based industrial, mining, domestic and agricultural activities result in substantial input of radionuclides and potentially toxic metals and organic pollutants into coastal and marine waters. These various types of contaminants can be bio-accumulated along the food cha ...
Balancing the Global Carbon Budget
... atmosphere remains there, and how much of the emissions are taken up by terrestrial ecosystems and by the world’s oceans? Answers to these questions will provide at least a part of the scientific understanding necessary for establishing the amount and rate of CO2 emissions that would meet a “safe” co ...
... atmosphere remains there, and how much of the emissions are taken up by terrestrial ecosystems and by the world’s oceans? Answers to these questions will provide at least a part of the scientific understanding necessary for establishing the amount and rate of CO2 emissions that would meet a “safe” co ...
7. Sedimentary rocks 7.1. What are sediments? 7.2. How do
... 7.5. Sedimentary basins and depositional environments Large amounts of sediments are deposited in depressions of the Earth’s crust. Large depressions in which abundant sediments accumulate are called sedimentary basins. The largest basins are the ocean basins. Their size and morphology is controlled ...
... 7.5. Sedimentary basins and depositional environments Large amounts of sediments are deposited in depressions of the Earth’s crust. Large depressions in which abundant sediments accumulate are called sedimentary basins. The largest basins are the ocean basins. Their size and morphology is controlled ...
Final Report - Rufford Small Grants
... Results of assessment Recognition of the environmental, social and economic impacts associated with the decline and degradation of mangrove forest ecosystems are now being addressed through legislative, management, conservation and rehabilitation efforts aimed at mitigating the negative impacts of ...
... Results of assessment Recognition of the environmental, social and economic impacts associated with the decline and degradation of mangrove forest ecosystems are now being addressed through legislative, management, conservation and rehabilitation efforts aimed at mitigating the negative impacts of ...
Ocean Acidification and Its Potential Effects on Marine Ecosystems
... rate of current and projected increases in atmospheric CO 2 is approximately 100× faster than has occurred in at least 650,000 years (Siegenthaler et al. 2005). In recent decades, only half of anthropogenic CO 2 has remained in the atmosphere; the other half has been taken up by the terrestrial bios ...
... rate of current and projected increases in atmospheric CO 2 is approximately 100× faster than has occurred in at least 650,000 years (Siegenthaler et al. 2005). In recent decades, only half of anthropogenic CO 2 has remained in the atmosphere; the other half has been taken up by the terrestrial bios ...
Modeling Mangrove Forest Migration Along the Southwest Coast of
... indicates that the periodicity and trajectories of a few major hurricanes accounted for most of the impact on forest structure of modern day mangrove forests across south Florida. As hurricane intensity increases over the next century, model projections suggest that future mangrove forests are likel ...
... indicates that the periodicity and trajectories of a few major hurricanes accounted for most of the impact on forest structure of modern day mangrove forests across south Florida. As hurricane intensity increases over the next century, model projections suggest that future mangrove forests are likel ...
9693 AS Marine Science
... Biodiversity takes into account the numbers of different species present and the range of habitats and ecosystems. Coral reefs, for example, have a high biodiversity with many different species present, whereas a sandy shore has a low biodiversity as there are relatively few different species in thi ...
... Biodiversity takes into account the numbers of different species present and the range of habitats and ecosystems. Coral reefs, for example, have a high biodiversity with many different species present, whereas a sandy shore has a low biodiversity as there are relatively few different species in thi ...
Section 4–4 4–4 Aquatic Ecosystems
... The three main types of freshwater wetlands are bogs, marshes, and swamps. Bogs, which are wetlands that are often dominated by sphagnum moss, typically form in depressions where water collects. The water in sphagnum bogs is often very acidic. Marshes are shallow wetlands along rivers. They may be u ...
... The three main types of freshwater wetlands are bogs, marshes, and swamps. Bogs, which are wetlands that are often dominated by sphagnum moss, typically form in depressions where water collects. The water in sphagnum bogs is often very acidic. Marshes are shallow wetlands along rivers. They may be u ...
The Geological Record of Ocean Acidification
... (hyperthermals) during the late with very little saturation change. All plots are color-coded from red Paleocene and early Eocene (58 (“fast”) to blue (“slow”). These model results include both climate to 51 Ma) comes primarily from and long-term (silicate) weathering feedback. See (2) and fig. S1 f ...
... (hyperthermals) during the late with very little saturation change. All plots are color-coded from red Paleocene and early Eocene (58 (“fast”) to blue (“slow”). These model results include both climate to 51 Ma) comes primarily from and long-term (silicate) weathering feedback. See (2) and fig. S1 f ...
SANCOR Newsletter 210 - National Research Foundation
... These natural mechanisms were part of the Earth func oning in the past and are con nuously at play nowadays, almost unperceived by humans. However, this cycle has been accelerated by the mobiliza on of fossil organic carbon that humans have been burning since the indust ...
... These natural mechanisms were part of the Earth func oning in the past and are con nuously at play nowadays, almost unperceived by humans. However, this cycle has been accelerated by the mobiliza on of fossil organic carbon that humans have been burning since the indust ...
Oceanography - Chariho Regional School District
... ● How does temperature influence the movement of water? ● If Ekman transport is driving water towards the center of a gyre, why does the current not flow toward the center, but rather in a clockwise pattern around the gyre? ● How do refraction, reflection, and diffraction affect a wave? ● If you wer ...
... ● How does temperature influence the movement of water? ● If Ekman transport is driving water towards the center of a gyre, why does the current not flow toward the center, but rather in a clockwise pattern around the gyre? ● How do refraction, reflection, and diffraction affect a wave? ● If you wer ...
Contributions of anoxygenic and oxygenic phototrophy and
... carboxysomes, the kinetics of Rubisco, and the inorganic carbon availability in the environment of autotrophic Bacteria other than cyanobacteria, has not yet been adequately explored (Badger & Bek 2008). Less is known about the CCMs of eukaryotic algae, but in most organisms they are thought to invo ...
... carboxysomes, the kinetics of Rubisco, and the inorganic carbon availability in the environment of autotrophic Bacteria other than cyanobacteria, has not yet been adequately explored (Badger & Bek 2008). Less is known about the CCMs of eukaryotic algae, but in most organisms they are thought to invo ...
Contributions of anoxygenic and oxygenic phototrophy and
... carboxysomes, the kinetics of Rubisco, and the inorganic carbon availability in the environment of autotrophic Bacteria other than cyanobacteria, has not yet been adequately explored (Badger & Bek 2008). Less is known about the CCMs of eukaryotic algae, but in most organisms they are thought to invo ...
... carboxysomes, the kinetics of Rubisco, and the inorganic carbon availability in the environment of autotrophic Bacteria other than cyanobacteria, has not yet been adequately explored (Badger & Bek 2008). Less is known about the CCMs of eukaryotic algae, but in most organisms they are thought to invo ...