Sentences with phrase «eating algae»

We better hope something keeps eating the algae or we are in deep do - do.

Scientists plumbing the depths of the central equatorial Pacific Ocean have found ancient sediments suggesting that one proposed way to mitigate climate warming — fertilizing the oceans with iron to produce more carbon - eating algae — may not necessarily work as envisioned.

Many customers do want fish in their tanks — fish encourage the growth of corals by eating algae and keep the nitrogen cycle on track — but they want fish that wont eat the coral.

All true loaches are «bottom feeders,» meaning they swim at the bottom of rivers and tanks eating the algae at the bottom.

Fatty fish like salmon and sardines serve as a middleman by eating algae and storing these fats, along with persistent organic pollutants and mercury, in their fat stores.

Oceanfish accumulate the phenols in their tissues by eating algae or other algae eaters.

New technologies could see Australians eating algae - based sources of protein, developing allergenic - free nuts and helping the environment with edible packaging, according the the country's government research institute.

Fish such as sardines and anchovies eat algae, some species of which contain the toxin domoic acid.

They eat algae clinging to stones on the shore and underwater rocks.

The second event occurred from March to May 2012, when salps — gelatinous midwater animals that eat algae — reproduced rapidly in surface waters.

«The parrotfishes are very important to coral reef health because they eat the algae that would otherwise overwhelm young corals on reefs recovering from natural disturbances.»

The abundance of some zooplankton (i.e. microscopic crustaceans in the water that eat algae) was lower at higher salt concentrations, but not low enough to cause a bloom of algae.

Similarly, the abundance of clams — which also filter the water to eat algae — decreased at the highest salt concentration.

Thankfully there are algae oil capsules we can just swallow so we don't have to try to figure out a way to directly eat the algae itself.

Jellyfish eat algae, small plants in the water, shrimp, fish eggs, and even other jellyfish.

There is nothing senseless about it; it would be an excellent gamble that you could drive it 10,000 miles per year for 20 years, then trade it in for a 2027 Lexus Maglev Edition Plutonium HoverSaucer, which would be piloted by a friendly robot while you play «Scrabble» and eat algae out of a squeeze tube.

They come from algae and fish that eat algae.

If he decides to set up a marine tank, he may believe that marine snails all function the same way, buying a half - dozen turbo snails to eat the algae in his 75 - gallon tank.

Big fish with pretty colors try to eat the algae from the bottom of the ship.

Are other people willing to eat an algae - based product?

Like I mentioned above, they learned to eat algae, learned to dive in the water (the colder temperatures carry more nutrients, which makes a better home for the algaes they like to eat), and learned to stay down there for 40 to 60 minutes; their heart rate slows to about 25 percent it's normal rate, at about 7 or 8 beats per minute.

Not exact matches

Half the fun of eating spirulina is its color, the other half is knowing its many incredible health benefits, while the swampy, algae flavor is no fun at all.

You may have been eating seaweed or that other superfood from the sea, algae, without knowing it as there are various types.

Half the fun of eating spirulina is its color, the other half is knowing its many incredible health benefits, while the swampy, algae...

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They found that the floating beads picked up a chemical called dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a byproduct given off by algae and other microorganisms as they break down (usually when they're being eaten).

If more snails are eaten by predators, algae densities could increase.

With more algae, there are more bugs available for salmon to eat, allowing the fish to forage more on the bottom.

The corals eat but don't digest these single - celled photosynthetic algae, which then reside inside the corals and feed them the carbon sugars created during photosynthesis.

Because the toxins are energetically costly to make, biologists have long wondered whether they are more than just a way to defend algae from getting eaten or preventing competitors from moving in on their space.

To find out what eats what in this ecosystem, fisheries ecologists Jason Turner and Jay Rooker of Texas A&M University in Galveston first analyzed the composition of fatty acids in Sargassum, a green algae that grows on seaweed fronds, and phytoplankton — microscopic organisms that photosynthesize like plants.

The scent is believed to be partly due to their fats and partly to the pink as taxanthins salmon acquire from eating crustaceans, which in turn create them from the beta - carotene they've obtained from algae.

Then in 1997 and 1998, they and their colleagues sampled copepods in the Adriatic Sea during diatom blooms in winter, when the copepods feast primarily on diatoms, and during the summer, when diatom numbers are down and copepods eat a more mixed diet that includes other algae.

The system is unique because it allows the algae to simultaneously do photosynthesis like a plant while also «eating» carbon and respiring like an animal, said Beyenal.

A cellular part such as a light - harvesting chloroplast that an organism takes from algae it has eaten.

If toxic algae settle to the ocean floor, they also can get eaten by bottom - dwelling animals like crabs, which then become unsafe to eat.

After filling each with 800 liters of pond water, they added two species of snails that spread the schistosomiasis parasite, algae for the snails to eat, and two kinds of predators — crayfish and water bugs.

Algae - eating fish and corals once dominated Caribbean reefs.

Chapman counters that they might concentrate their diet on a blue - green algae, Microcystis, which the mussels don't eat, or turn to a clumpy, shoreline algae known as Cladophora.

When these chemicals enter streams and ponds, they increase the amount of algae, which is then eaten by snails that serve as a host for the flatworms.

DHA can be found in fatty, cold - water fish and is produced by the algae that fish eat and store in their bodies.

The researchers found that the effects are largely determined by the presence or absence of different fauna, primarily small algae - eating crustaceans.

Omega - 3 fatty acids are made by marine algae and are concentrated in fish oils; they are believed to be responsible for the health benefits associated with regularly eating fish, such as salmon, tuna, and halibut.

«As the numbers of algae - eating herbivore fish dwindle, this may further stress the corals, which do less well when heavily overgrown,» he says.

The algae and its marine snow aggregates can serve as a major food source for other forms of marine life like plankton - eating fish and shellfish.

Instead, the experiment yielded bloom of algae, which was readily and rapidly eaten by microscopic grazers.

The algae provide a constant food source that means their hosts never have to eat again, and in return the algae gain a worm - shaped home for life.

Female cichlids also chase off harmless algae - eating fish.

Jet fuels derived from algae, camelina and jatropha — plants that pack an energy punch, are not eaten as food and do not displace food crops — could be approved and replacing petroleum fuels in commercial flights as early as next year, a Boeing executive said yesterday.

Dying algae cells emit the same rotten - egg odour, so it is often an indication that algae - eating krill — the birds» prey — are nearby.