Sentences with phrase «feeding habitats»

The waters off Russia's Sakhalin Island, a main feeding habitat for them in the summer, are being targeted for oil and gas development.

The main feeding habitat of the western Pacific subpopulation is the shallow (5 — 15 m (16 — 49 ft) depth) shelf off northeastern Sakhalin Island, particularly off the southern portion of Piltun Lagoon, where the main prey species appear to be amphipods and isopods.

The authors then fed this habitat assessment into a statistical model to estimate what remained of these environmental conditions across Africa in 1995, and again in 2010.

Scott Pet Wild Bird Seed products are the perfect food supply for a bird feeding habitat that not only brings song, color and life to people's homes, but also benefits wild birds and the environment.

San Ignacio lagoon is also the critical habitat for the nearly extinct Berrendo or pronghorn antelope and an important feeding habitat for four of the worlds seven species of sea turtles: leatherbacks, hawksbills, green turtles and Olive Ridleys (all endangered).

Disturbance from underwater industrial noise may displace whales from critical feeding habitat.

Coastal islands provide critical nesting, breeding and feeding habitat for endangered seals and provide nesting habitat to the largest population of seabirds in North America.

«Springs and groundwater - fed habitats could have played a decisive role in the survival and dispersal of hominins in times when potable surface water was limited,» Dr Cuthbert said.

Whales may actually benefit from less ice cover, at least initially, as the open water could expand their feeding habitats and increase food supplies.

However, recent calving rates have been shown to be negatively correlated with ice cover extent, indicating population growth is faster when ice cover is reduced and feeding habitat is extended [20].