Sentences with phrase «by ocean reef»

Supported by Ocean Reef Group, members of his team made frequent dives to the Mediterranean sea floor, bringing carefully sealed packages of soil and seeds with them.

As of 2004, ORCAT, run by the Ocean Reef Community Association, had reduced its «overall population from approximately 2,000 cats to 500 cats.»

One of the best - known TNR programs is ORCAT, run by the Ocean Reef Community Association, which, according to a 2004 paper, had reduced «overall population from approximately 2,000 cats to 500 cats.»

[40] And, as of 2004, ORCAT, run by the Ocean Reef Community Association, had reduced its «overall population from approximately 2,000 cats to 500 cats.»

Echoing Dauphine's concerns, Florida attorney Pamela Jo Hatley decries ORCAT's resources: «At a meeting hosted by the Ocean Reef Resort in June 2004,» recalls Hatley, «I learned that the ORCAT colony then had about 500 free - ranging cats, several paid employees, and an annual operating budget of some $ 100,000.»

Not exact matches

«We joined renowned ocean conservationist Guy Harvey to see the rays up close at Stingray City Sandbar,» Branson wrote, and they were «surrounded by stingray, as well as stunning coral reefs and tropical fish.»

Not only is the reef threatened by widespread bleaching as a result of rising ocean temperatures, but the project also requires the major expansion of the Abbot Point port in Queensland.

It's an emergency surgical intervention meant to undo damage caused by human activity both in the oceans and on dry land, and it has been shown to work — bringing dead reef sections back from the edge in just a few years.

The new report «Lights Out for the Reef», written by University of Queensland coral reef biologist Selina Ward, noted that reefs were vulnerable to several different effects of climate change; including rising sea temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in the ocean, which causes acidificatReef», written by University of Queensland coral reef biologist Selina Ward, noted that reefs were vulnerable to several different effects of climate change; including rising sea temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in the ocean, which causes acidificatreef biologist Selina Ward, noted that reefs were vulnerable to several different effects of climate change; including rising sea temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in the ocean, which causes acidification.

Lionfish University is made up of a group of divers dedicated to the preservation of the ocean's reefs and native fish populations, which are threatened by the Lionfish invasion in the Caribbean.

Presented by Chef's Roll and sponsored by Meat Livestock Australia, Front of the House, and MIC Food, the scintillating showdown saw Ryan Peters, Sous Chef at Ocean Reef Club take on Louis Robinson, Chef / Owner of Spice.

THE Great Barrier Reef has been so severely damaged by record ocean heat that it will never be the same again in our lifetimes or those of our grandchildren.

The reef has been so severely damaged by record ocean heat that it has had no chance to recover fully - and may never be the same again.

A recently published study, led by researchers at the University of Hawai'i at M?noa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), sheds light on the ways SGD affects coral reef growth.

Ocean seagrass meadows reduce bacteria unhealthful to humans and marine organisms by up to 50 %, a new study shows, and they also decrease the likelihood of disease in coral reefs by half.

«Below the depths accessible using scuba gear and above the depths typically targeted by deep - diving submersibles, tropical deep reefs are productive ocean ecosystems that science has largely missed.

Other speakers at the briefing included award - winning conservationist Jim Toomey, who created the comic strip Sherman's Lagoon, filmmaker Jon Bowermaster, an award - winning writer and filmmaker recently named one of a dozen Ocean Heroes by the National Geographic Society, and Luke Creswell, who co-directed the award - winning large - format films Wild Ocean and The Last Reef: Cities Beneath The Sea.

Federal protection could slow the destruction of coral reefs, which are devastated by increasing water temperatures and the rise of ocean acidification

Among other examples of local and regional tipping points are the rapid collapse of coral reefs in the face of rising ocean acidity and the transformation of ecosystems by the extinction of a dominant species, or the introduction of a new one.

A coral reef ecologist by training, she keeps one foot wet in the field, while the other roams the worlds of creative storytelling and problem - solving, with a focus on ocean conservation and climate change issues.

Charlie's research told him that during El Niño weather cycles, the surface seawaters in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, already heated to unusually high levels by greenhouse gas — induced warming, were being pulsed from a mass of ocean water known as the Western Pacific Warm Pool onto the reef's delicate living corReef lagoon, already heated to unusually high levels by greenhouse gas — induced warming, were being pulsed from a mass of ocean water known as the Western Pacific Warm Pool onto the reef's delicate living correef's delicate living corals.

In hot water Coral reefs have been besieged in recent decades by everything from warming waters to ocean acidification, disease, overfishing and pollution.

Since their introduction to the Atlantic Ocean in the 1980s, Pacific red lionfish (Pterois volitans) have gobbled up native Caribbean and western Atlantic reef fishes, reducing their abundance by up to 90 %.

A pioneering study — led by scientists from Imperial College London in collaboration with marine biologists from UC Santa Barbara — found that the predators, through their fecal material, transfer vital nutrients from their open ocean feeding grounds into shallower reef environments, contributing to the overall health of these fragile ecosystems.

When carbon dioxide, CO2, from the atmosphere is absorbed by the ocean, it forms carbonic acid (the same thing that makes soda fizz), making the ocean more acidic and decreasing the ocean's pH. This increase in acidity makes it more difficult for many marine organisms to grow their shells and skeletons, and threatens coral reefs the world over.

Corals by nature are stoic creatures, huddling together in their stony reefs to resist the ocean's currents and turbulence.

They find that all existing coral reefs will be engulfed in inhospitable ocean chemistry conditions by the end of the century if civilization continues along its current emissions trajectory.

Researchers studied the Cayman reefs, which are 80 miles south of Cuba and surrounded by deep ocean water, in part because of their remoteness and negligible impact from a small nearby human population, Frazer said.

The research, led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and partners, has important implications for the long - term survival of coral reefs worldwide, which have been in worldwide decline from multiple stressors such as climate change and ocean pollution.

Ricke said: «Our results show that if we continue on our current emissions path, by the end of the century there will be no water left in the ocean with the chemical properties that have supported coral reef growth in the past.

These hardy corals — known as coralliths — grow on pebbles or fragments of dead reefs, and they can survive being buffeted by waves and ocean currents.

Pandolfi and colleagues review the threats posed to coral reefs by increased ocean heat content and acidification and point to the role of evolution in buffering populations.

Researchers traced reef fish ancestry by developing a comprehensive family tree of the major group of modern ocean fish.

Dissolution of carbonate sediment and reef by the lower - pH ocean that results from more CO2 can mitigate this by shifting the...

The fossil record of reef fish is patchy, so Price and colleagues traced their ancestry by developing a comprehensive family tree of the major group of modern ocean fish, the acanthomorphs or «spiny - finned fish,» and calculating the times when different groups migrated into or out of reef habitats.

Last February, at the Economist World Ocean Summit in Bali, Indonesia, the»50 Reefs» initiative was launched by the Global Change Institute of the University of Queensland and the Ocean Agency.

One of the most outstanding and diverse coral reefs in the world is found in the Ryukyu Archipelago, a group of subtropical islands and islets belonging to Japan and blessed by the warm Kuroshio ocean current.

This one been thelongest of the three as hot ocean temperatures fueled by El Niño and climate change have caused reefs to suffer across every ocean basin.

The Greenpeace Book of Coral Reefs by S. Wells and N. Hanna, Blandford, pp 160, # 16.99 Saving the Oceans edited by Joseph MacInnis, Blandford, pp 170, # 20

«The wide swath of ocean that is cooled by hurricanes is much larger in area than the narrow swath where damage occurs on reefs,» Manzello notes.

Focusing on reef - building corals and other shelled creatures that are threatened by increasing temperatures and ocean acidification, she is testing them to determine how species may acclimatize to the new circumstances.

And the Reef Life Survey, begun in Tasmania by Stuart - Smith and marine ecologist Graham Edgar in 2007, has trait records for more than 5,000 species from all ocean basins.

Fishes» fear of sharks helps shape shallow reef habitats in the Pacific, according to new research by a scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.

A world - first scientific study has found that, weakened by microscopic borers, the world's coral reefs will erode more rapidly as the oceans warm and acidify.

Melissa studies how the microbes and nutrients added to the ocean by certain farming practices influence the neighboring coral reefs.

For oceans There was a publication released last year by the Pew Center (Pew is a charitable foundation whose main focus is education) «Coral Reefs & Global Climate Change» a summary of the current science on this issue.

Experimental results indicate that life history traits of reef fishes are remarkably tolerant to CO2 levels that could occur in the ocean by the end of this century, however, sensory systems and behaviour are severely affected.

While the results still need to be replicated, they're a potent reminder that coral reefs will be struggling with the 1 - 2 punch of hotter temperatures and a more acidic ocean by century's end, if not sooner.

This would have enormous implication for subsequent evolution as earth's oceans atmosphere were oxygenated by photosynthetic bacteria creating extensive stromatolitic reefs.

For example, on Heron Island Reef in the GBR, variations in pH and aragonite saturation state over one day were greater than the predicted changes in ocean chemistry globally by 2050.