Sentences with word «eelgrass»

For example, the metabolism of many crustaceans that live in eelgrass meadows increases when the water temperature rises.

It was already known that animals consume seeds in one location and excrete them in another where they can germinate, but now this process is confirmed to occur in eelgrass beds

A team of researchers in the United States and Sweden sampled a population of broad - nosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) at the beginning of the breeding season in shallow eelgrass beds in Kyllaj, Gotland, Sweden.

Scientists at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory are trying to find out if an invasive species of green crabs is behind the recent loss of eelgrass in Frenchman Bay.

«Study participants noted that exploring the underwater environment and seeing eelgrass ecosystems helped convey the significance of efforts for protecting these ecosystems.»

The goals of the project include reconstructing extreme climate changes from the recent past (1894 - 2014), using historically referenced data to assess near - future global climate model projections, and to ultimately use this analysis to investigate ecological problems in Chesapeake Bay, such as eelgrass diebacks.

If grown on dry ground, it produces an elephant - ear leaf; if grown in a pond, it puts up leaves like lily pads; and if grown in deeper water, it grows up with slender leaves like eelgrass.

«By studying eelgrass meadows on a ecosystem level, we were able to observe how plants and animals interact under changing climatic conditions.

«Hidden effects of climate change may threaten eelgrass meadows.»

The river drains into Buzzards Bay, where eelgrass holds sand in place on bay floors and shelters young finfish, scallop larvae and other wildlife.

The European green crab (Carcinus maenas) is a harmful invasive species that has been linked to the decline of the soft - shell clam industry in New England, as well as the degradation and loss of critical eelgrass and salt marsh habitat.

He spent two - and - a-half months monitoring the native eelgrass habitat, which is common to Puget Sound.

Researchers also report that eelgrass declined by 64 percent between 1990 and 2008, and adult oyster populations have decreased from 125,000 in 1997 to 10,000 in 2009.

«We raised the water temperature in miniature ecosystems containing eelgrass meadows, while simultaneously bubbling with carbon - dioxide.

The brown tide alga, Aureococcus anophagefferens, has been notorious on Long Island since it first appeared in 1985 having been responsible for the demise of the largest bay scallop fishery on the US east coast in the Peconic Estuary, the loss of eelgrass across Long Island, and the inhibition of hard clam recovery efforts in Great South Bay.

This threat was reduced when a local group called the Santa Barbara Channelkeeper provided eelgrass bed location information to boaters and island visitors.

In California alone, 90 % of eelgrass acreage has been destroyed since the 1950's.

We have the opportunity to paddle by flourishing eelgrass beds.

These materials are working to help educate boaters on where to anchor to best preserve vibrant eelgrass ecosystems.

The relatively pristine eelgrass beds at Channel Islands National Park face fewer challenges to their survival than those along the mainland coast but threats still exist.

Projects on R / V Shearwater have included sea bird research, archeological / cultural research (primarily shipwrecks), monitoring marine reserves, studying whales, mapping eelgrass, and oceanographic sampling.

These include conserving carbon - absorbing eelgrass beds in coastal inlets and continuing to restore salmon rivers and streams long beset by dams, careless logging and encroaching development.

To divert this perfectly usable material from the landfill, Pertsch began to collect Zostera Marina seagrass (also known as eelgrass and seawrack) from the coast, and found a new way to use them: as minimalist but sturdy stools.

Which results in algae blooms that «can block out sunlight, eat up all the water's oxygen, and suffocate native aquatic plants, like eelgrass,» writes Funes.

The lab's most recent startup, Anecdata, began as an MDIBL project studying eelgrass in Frenchman Bay, according to Duncan Bailey, chief technology officer for the company.

They are also asking for the public's help in finding out where eelgrass is still growing along the coast of the Gulf of Maine.

-RRB- is a harmful invasive species that has been linked to the decline of the soft - shell clam industry in New England, as well as the degradation and loss of critical eelgrass and salt marsh habitat.

Dungeness crabs thrive in eelgrass meadows, and they typically grow to 20 cm wide.

World - wide, eelgrass beds are on the decline due to a variety of causes.

His team has established several eelgrass meadows in the Long Island Sound and in Shinnecock Bay in Southampton and is planning to establish more eelgrass meadows in the eastern Peconic estuary and Gardiner's Bay.

The 10 - meter - by -20-meter patch and smaller, scattered patches had apparently edged out the eelgrass within a few years.

The researchers also created a mooring buoy relocation scenario and an underwater perspective, so users could see the eelgrass ecosystems the scenario was designed to protect.

At the same time, the growth of benthic microalgae on the sediment surface in the eelgrass meadows will be more vigorous.

The results showed that, without small algae - eating crustaceans in the eelgrass meadows, climate change could pose a much greater threat to their survival.

The inability of the brown tide organism to form a bloom in this region is consistent with these conditions and should help promote the growth of hard clams and eelgrass in this bay.»

After the algae die and sink, oxygen levels frequently decline in the surrounding waters, further threatening the eelgrass.

But the eelgrass is wasting away — and new analysis of two decades of summertime monitoring by the Boutins and more than 1,000 other volunteers suggests rapid warming could be a culprit.

Channelkeeper monitors the health of marine habitats in the Santa Barbara Channel, including kelp forests, eelgrass meadows and Marine Protected Areas.

For example, since boaters and eelgrass both prefer sheltered coves like Smugglers Cove, Scorpion Anchorage and Prisoners Harbor, Channel Islands eelgrass beds are susceptible to damage by anchoring.

Surfgrass and eelgrass are the two types of seagrasses that thrive at Channel Islands National Park:

Aboard our boat, Channelkeeper monitors the health of critical marine habitats in the Channel such as kelp forests, eelgrass beds and Marine Protected Areas.

The twisting leaves and stems of the eelgrass, blossoming lotuses, and other flora elegantly frame the fish and re-create the teeming pulse of a lush aquarium.

The drawings utilize certain repeated motifs, including a geometric lattice wallpaper pattern, a pictogram of a floating female figure, eelgrass (that also mimics long black hair) and snippets of handwritten poems focusing on the search for her body that was ultimately found floating in a gorge.

And from there, the dominoes continue to tumble; for example, manatees love eelgrass — though thankfully the park has been restoring the eelgrass and they say that it is now flourishing.

Brants» primary food, eelgrass, is now abundant in Alaska in the winter, and when combined with warmer air and water temperatures, living conditions are much more favorable than they were in the past.

The report noted that after taking a close look and the wind speeds at various heights, water depth, shipping lands, eelgrass beds and other constraints, there are 10 possible areas in Rhode Island for state - sponsored offshore wind farms.