Sentences with phrase «as sea urchin»

Memories of weekends spent sailing were as deeply buried as the sea urchins McManus used to harvest as a commercial diver.

But small reserves can still be extremely effective, especially for relatively sedentary species such as sea urchins and lobsters.

However, those cloning methods could be used only in experiments with a small number of primitive living creatures, such as sea urchins and salamanders.

In addition to dogs and cats, Papich has tailored his efforts to the needs of animals as varied as sea urchins and frogs with arthritis to pandas, elephants and whales.

Predation on kelp - eating species such as sea urchins helps to maintain a balance in the kelp forest ecosystem, providing a more stable habitat for other species that rely on the kelp for food and shelter.

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That exploded eggplant reminds me of nothing so much as some kind of as - yet unidentified echinoderm (sea stars, urchins, sea cucumber, etc.), many of whom can evert their stomachs.

Ice cream baron Tyler Malek collaborates with local chefs to concoct head - turning flavor combinations such as «foie s» mores» (toasted foie gras marshmallows and smoked vanilla ice cream ribboned with veal chocolate sauce and hazelnut graham cracker crumble); black olive brittle and goat cheese; and sea urchin meringue with mint.

And, Harney Sushi is so committed to the cause that some traditional, high - demand sushi items have been eradicated from the menu, such as Toro, Bluefin Tuna, Big Eye Tuna, certain types of Yellowfin, Unagi, Red Snapper, Hamachi, Maine Sea Urchin and Octopus.

The visual systems of sea urchins, mantis shrimp and other creatures are broadening scientists» understanding of what qualifies as an eye, Susan Milius reported in «Strange visions» (SN: 5/28/16, p. 22).

They find the fossil bed rich with dozens of species of marine invertebrates, such as crabs, snails, clams, sea urchins, large flat oysters and ammonites, as well as fish teeth and scales.

The development of an elaborate crystalline skeleton within the transparent embryo of the sea urchin provides a model for the shaping of hard mineralized tissues such as shell and bone

All of the limestone in the quarry formed in a shallow sea basin, as evidenced by the large number of marine fossils such as snails, mussels and sea urchins.

I went to Woods Hole so as to be able to work on sea urchin eggs, as by then we had a good understanding of our reticulocyte system.

STRANGE VISIONS A lab image of a juvenile purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)-- without obvious eyes — shows an abundance of light - detecting proteins, such as c - opsins (red).

The research published in the journal Science Advances predicts that as the oceans warm fish — which appear to be superior predators in warm water — will extend their ranges away from the equator and cause a decline in the diversity of invertebrates such as crabs, lobsters, sea urchins and whelks.

In a new study recently published in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles, scientists of Kiel University (CAU) with colleagues from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and international partners from the USA, New Zealand, and Great Britain studied marine benthic shell - forming organisms around the world in relation to the chemical conditions they currently experience — with a surprising result: 24 percent, almost a quarter of the analyzed species, including sea urchins, sea stars, coralline algae or snails, already live in seawater unfavorable to the maintenance of their calcareous skeletons and shells (a condition referred to as CaCO3 - undersaturation).

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Commonly found in the waters from Baja California to Point Conception — although they can sometimes be found as far north as Monterey Bay — sheephead feed on sea urchins, whose grazing habits can wreak havoc on community composition in kelp forests.

MDI Biological Laboratory Associate Professor James A. Coffman, Ph.D., is studying the regenerative capacity of sea urchins in hopes that a deeper understanding of the process of regeneration, which governs the regeneration of aging tissues as well as lost or damaged body parts, will lead to a deeper understanding of the aging process in humans, with whom sea urchins share a close genetic relationship.

Coral eroders, termed bioeroders, include species of sea urchins, sponges, parrotfish and microorganisms, known as microendoliths.

Sea urchin is a delicacy in Asia, South America, Europe, and increasingly in California, where the uniquely flavored roe, or uni, is used in sushi, gourmet cuisine, and products such as sauces and flavorings.

Sea urchins in particular satisfy a special niche in the otters» diet as a high - energy food source, and there were fewer to go around at Big Sur.

The researchers suggest that legalizing the fishing of pink sea urchin as a bycatch to the prawn fishery could allow prawn fishers to sell the urchins they already catch, rather than throwing them back.

Nestled among the long spikes of all sea urchins are shorter stalks topped with jaws known as pedicellariae.

Scientists from the universities of Gothenburg (GU) and Kiel (CAU), as well as GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) found that ocean acidification leads to reduced rates of digestion in larvae of the ecologically important green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis.

Scientists studied evolutionarily ancient animal models, such as sand dollars, skates, dogfish sharks and sea urchins, to gain insights into human physiology.

Another preservative, phenoxyethanol, was originally used as an insecticide and an insect repellant, and it can be toxic at low concentrations to invertebrates from shrimp to sea urchins.

Echinoderms Echinoderms are commonly known as sea stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers.

An adult male sea otter may eat as many as 50 urchins each day.

I'm probably more careful than most people in that my shuffles are very exaggerated and if I'm surfing, I'll usually ride by board on my belly for as shallow as possible to avoid stepping on a stingray, sea urchin or sharp reef.

That's a unique adventure — with poles in hand and wearing reef shoes, we splashed ankle - deep in the sand, around small patches of reef, careful to avoid sea urchins as we looked for little fishies and shells.

As at other snorkeling spots, please watch out for sea urchins and an occasional lionfish, neither of which will bother you unless you bother them.

With a white sandy beach and pristine waters, enjoy a barbeque lunch and snorkeling experience, with a remarkable variety of colorful tropical fishes and other marine life such as corals, sea urchins, conch, lobsters and stingrays, to name a few.

The transition from macroalgal (i.e. kelp forest) to denuded landscapes dominated by sea urchins (or «urchin barrens») is a widespread phenomenon, [6][33][34][35] often resulting from trophic cascades like those described above; the two phases are regarded as alternative stable states of the ecosystem.

[76] Reintroduction of sea otters to British Columbia has led to a dramatic improvement in the health of coastal ecosystems, [77] and similar changes have been observed as sea otter populations recovered in the Aleutian and Commander Islands and the Big Sur coast of California [65] However, some kelp forest ecosystems in California have also thrived without sea otters, with sea urchin populations apparently controlled by other factors.

Humans also harvest sea urchins both commercially and recreationally at the Channel Islands in areas that are not designated as marine protected areas.

Animals such as the red sea urchin, spiny lobster and rock crab are just a few of the species that are fished at the Channel Islands.

She felt a Giant Pacific Manta ray's smooth exterior as it accidentally brushed up against her during the night manta snorkel, as well as the slimy surface of a sea cucumber and the spiny texture of a sea urchin.

Reintroduction of sea otters to British Columbia has led to a dramatic improvement in the health of coastal ecosystems, [143] and similar changes have been observed as sea otter populations recovered in the Aleutian and Commander Islands and the Big Sur coast of California [144] However, some kelp forest ecosystems in California have also thrived without sea otters, with sea urchin populations apparently controlled by other factors.

The day is approaching, maybe faster than he'd like, when he must ease his daughter into life off what he calls happy land, where smog - free colors are as vivid as a Van Gogh painting — the red Indian paintbrush, the sunny coreopsis flowers, the purple sea urchins.

As you walk along the shore, you'll find seashells, fruits that had been washed away and even small sea urchins.

At Cepor Cepor you will be diving down a channel between two granite islands, and as you expect, with rocky boulders comes a lot of sea urchins.

Before entering the sea urchin business, Robinson had worked for years as a deep - sea diver for an offshore oil rig in the North Sea near the English Channsea urchin business, Robinson had worked for years as a deep - sea diver for an offshore oil rig in the North Sea near the English Channsea diver for an offshore oil rig in the North Sea near the English ChannSea near the English Channel.

Bald eagles also flock here to feed, and the rock base is home to a collection of marine life, such as sea anemones, urchins and crabs.

There are also minimal aquatic hazards such as jellyfish, rocks and sea urchins.

You will spend approximately 1 hour in the water diving down and bringing up sea life such as lobsters, octopus and sea urchins.

Quamking from 2008 is as spiky and colorful as a giant sea urchin, and what's startling about this late Chamberlain is his brilliant use of color, as masterful and complex as any painter's.

· 1917: The Contemporary Art Society gave the first Paul Gauguin, Tahitians (circa 1891) to Tate, the first work by Gauguin to enter a UK public collection · 1928: The first Barbara Hepworth (Barbara Skeaping as she was known then) is purchased in 1928:, the Terracotta Goose — was purchased by Ernest Marsh through the Contemporary Art Society Pottery and Crafts Fund in 1928 from Beaux Arts for # 15 15s · 1933: Pablo Picasso, Flowers (1901) is gifted to Tate, it was the first work by Picasso to be acquired by Tate · 1946: The first work by Francis Bacon is purchased, Figure Study II, for # 175 and is donated to Kirklees Museums and Galleries in 1952 · 1950: Lucian Freud, Still Life with Squid and Sea Urchin (1949) is purchased in 1950 and gifted to Harris Museum in 1952.

Populations of parrotfish are a critical component of that herbivory, particularly since the decline of Diadema sea urchins in the early 1980s; the main causes of mortality of parrotfish are the use of fishing techniques such as spearfishing and, particularly, the use of fish traps....

Catching parrotfish and sea urchins has been completely prohibited, as those herbivores are critical to keeping algae levels on reefs low so coral can thrive.