Sentences with phrase «most marine organisms»

Most marine organisms can't adapt quickly enough to the rising rate of acidification.

Furthermore most of the papers in their compilation only studied responses during the warm phases of natural ocean cycles beginning in the 70s, after most marine organisms had retreated south.

If you are conceding that most marine organisms died, then you face the same founding population genetic diversity constraints limiting their ability to rapidly yield the mult - itude of observable marine vertebrate and invertebrate life in a very short time.

Not exact matches

The most obvious peril is that marine organisms like clams and sea snails either can't build their calcium carbonate shells or find their housing harder to maintain.

«I didn't think that most of these coastal organisms could survive at sea for long periods of time,» said Greg Ruiz, a co-author and marine biologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.

Scientists have found that about half of the organisms at Cuatro Cienegas are most closely related to marine life, even though the oases here have not been in contact with the ocean for tens of millions of years.

Using the most comprehensive conservation data available for both marine and non-marine organisms, research led by Dr Thomas Webb, from the University's Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, has shown that 20 to 25 per cent of the well - known species living in our seas are now threatened with extinction — the same figure as land living plants and animals.

«Biological oceanographers have speculated that early life stages of marine organisms might be particularly sensitive to ocean acidification, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown for most species,» says David Garrison, program director in NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences, which funded the research through an ocean acidification competition.

Most of the biomass of marine organisms is composed of microorganism.

The most abundant photosynthetic organism in the world sheds countless little sacs into the oceans, which could be having a dramatic impact on marine ecosystems, according to a new study.

The primary source of the calcite in limestone is most commonly marine organisms.

«In addition to marine testing, we assessed how well the adsorbent attracted uranium versus other elements, adsorbent durability, whether buildup of marine organisms might impact adsorbent capacity, and we demonstrated that most of the adsorbent materials are not toxic.

A well - known issue with LGM proxies is that the most abundant type of proxy data, using the species composition of tiny marine organisms called foraminifera, probably underestimates sea surface cooling over vast stretches of the tropical oceans; other methods like alkenone and Mg / Ca ratios give colder temperatures (but aren't all coherent either).

Taken together, scientists may be on the verge of finally understanding how a 500 million - year - old marine organism that lacks basic bone structure consistently ranks higher than most mammals when it comes to brain size, neuron count and learning ability.

Such changes in oceanic environmental conditions will have negative consequences for marine life and organisms producing calcium carbonate (CaCO3) structures are amongst the most vulnerable due to the additional costs associated with calcification and maintenance of calcified structures under more acidic conditions.

When out at the Great Barrier Reef you can safely swim with all different types of marine life including the most varied collection of fish, mammals, reptiles, crustaceans, molluscs, corals, organisms and marine plants.

Many of the companies have glass bottom boat viewing or semi-submersibles on offer for you to view the most varied collection of fish, mammals, reptiles, crustaceans, molluscs, corals, organisms and marine plants.

Most Antarctic marine organisms, from microscopic phytoplankton to the Adélie penguin, depend on sea ice to live and reproduce.

It should also be pointed out that the sea temp along the GBR varies quite a bit from its most northerly point to its most southerly, and in general is much cooler than reefs further into the tropics along Indonesia and PNG with almost identical species of coral and marine organisms.

One of the most common zooplankton, krill are among the most abundant marine organisms and migrate daily in giant swarms, heading hundreds of meters deep by day and up to the ocean's surface by night to feed.

She's also using computer modeling to figure out which reefs are most likely to benefit from the setup of marine protection zones — because a healthy, undisturbed balance of organisms makes the corals more likely to survive global changes.

If marine organisms migrated similarly pre-1950s when CO2 was an insignificant player, then the most parsimonious explanation is identical migrations today are driven by the same natural forces.