Sentences with phrase «for sea urchins»

The star bowl is absolutely perfect for the sea urchins!

Similar transgenerational phenotypic resilience to increased temperature has also been shown for sea urchins [107,108].

These studies are challenging and are more feasible for organisms with short generation times, but are possible for sea urchins, particularly tropical species.

Watch out for sea urchins.

Tip: Watch out for sea urchins and broken oyster shells; Salt restaurant is great for coffee.

Robinson had just finished a routine dive to scout for sea urchins and had deposited his equipment on board his boat.

Watch out for sea urchins and sharp reef.

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.

Not necessarily for sea urchins: Study shows that sea urchins defy aging, regardless of lifespan.»

«It presumably has properties that are advantageous for the sea urchin, and the shape has been imprinted.»

(We can't wait for sea urchin season.)

Not exact matches

It also affects sea urchins and kills algae, a source of food for sea turtles, he said.

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Mooi not only turned up all seven species of sea urchin he was looking for, he added two more previously unknown to exist on the island.

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

«We posited that giant kelp fed herbivores in the system and provided structure and habitat for predators, and that it was fed upon by sea urchins and affected the understory communities of algae and sessile invertebrates in the kelp forest,» said lead author Robert Miller, a research biologist in UCSB's Marine Science Institute (MSI).

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

Purple sea urchins also provide food for shorebirds and some mammals living along the coast.

Some ancient echinoids, ophiuroids, and asteroids had slipped the bottleneck and coexisted with the ancestors of modern - day sea urchins, brittle stars, sand dollars, and relatives, for many millions of years.

Sea urchins use spines for protection from predators and for locomotion.

Yet some sea urchins can live for 200 years, and one bowhead whale is known to be 211 years old and still going strong.

Sea urchins and abalone, for example, have a harder time recovering from population declines because their reproduction relies on broadcast spawning.

«Nature's blueprint for fracture - resistant cement: Based on the nanostructure of the sea urchin spines, scientists develop fracture - resistant cement.»

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).

This story begins in the kelp forest and ends with a very important climate change message: All is not lost — at least not for purple sea urchins.

Wrasse consume many molluscs and crustaceans, and play a key role controlling populations of sea urchins that can deplete seafloor kelp forests — vital sanctuaries for many marine species including young cod.

For example just a small number of sea otters can determine urchin numbers, or a few grey wolves determine the size of bison, deer or elk populations.

Then the researchers scanned the sea urchin genome for an enzyme that could catalyze such reactions.

For corals and other calcifiers like sea urchins and shellfish, reductions in calcification may:

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.

List of primers used for RT - PCR and qRT - PCR analyses of Chicken, Sea urchin and mouse Boule homologs.

Using the Dazl RRM domain, we searched for Dazl homologs in the genomes of acorn worm from Hemichordata (Saccoglossus kowalevskii), sea urchin from Echinodermata (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus), lancelet from Cephalochordata (Branchiostoma floridae), and sea squirt from Tunicata (Ciona intestinalis).

We are grateful to Janice Bahr and Arthur Veis for their assistance in collection of chicken and sea urchin tissues.

The House of Cards actress opts for a wine - colored Delpozo mini with a heart - shaped neckline and embellishments on the bodice (do they remind anyone else of sea urchins?).

Sea urchin diver Rikki Sitmore is aware she's different from most people — she doesn't like to be touched and can't abide disturbances to her routine, for example — but she...

«No shoes, no shirt, no worries» is the infamous motto for the Cayes off the east coast of Belize, and you will have the opportunity to discover infamous barrier reefs, dive the Blue Hole, marvel at an extraordinary array of colourful reef fish and rays, sea urchins, anemones, octopus and even sea turtles feed at luxuriant sea grass beds.

«No shoes, no shirt, no worries» is the infamous motto for the Cayes off the east coast of Belize, and you will have the opportunity to discover infamous barrier reefs, dive the Blue Hole in your free time, marvel at an extraordinary array of colourful reef fish and rays, sea urchins, anemones, octopus and even sea turtles feed at luxuriant sea grass beds.

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.

For example, sea urchins drill their way into the rock, and over successive generations may remove considerable bedrock from the floors and lower walls.

The water was like transparent satin, perfect for viewing octopus, urchins, and sea stars along the shallow water.

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.

But the ever - present threat has not deterred divers from prowling the ocean floor for pricey sea urchins, abalone and lobsters.

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.

The beaches» end section may get quite shallow in the late morning, thus be on the lookout for sharp rocks and pesky sea urchins.

On the western side of the island, the waters are so clear you can see vibrant starfish, sea urchins and tropical fish, and the waves are calm enough for young swimmers.

A flashlight will reveal brittle starfish and sea urchins, waiting for sunset in their cave refuge.

When the sea is calm look for crabs, reef urchins, brittle starfish and boring sponges among the stands of huge coral.

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There are patches of sea urchins in the shallows, so look out for black spiky clusters.