Sentences with phrase «from sea urchin»

«It's important to tell your story through your space,» she says, referring to objects she added that were collected over time, from a sea urchin found in a quirky San Francisco shop to a sepia sketch purchased on the streets of Paris during her first trip there with her husband.

And what you get may be a surprising departure from the usual, like this beautiful wooden pavilion that takes structural cues from the sea urchin, while also transforming a public space.

Unlike hydroxyapatite, the scaffolds made from sea urchin spines could be cut and drilled to a specified shape and size.

To help improve the outcomes of these surgeries, scientists have developed a new grafting material from sea urchin spines.

«These are the same precursors seen in biominerals from sea urchin and abalone, which are different organisms from completely different branches in the tree of life, so the fact that they used exactly the same mechanism to form their skeletons is really surprising,» Gilbert explains.

THE collector sea urchin has a most extraordinary defence: it releases hundreds of tiny jaws that can bite and release venom even after they have separated from the sea urchin's body.

Otters help protect kelp from sea urchins, which in turn slows global warming.

Not exact matches

«A friend came to Little Park and brought me a tray of sea urchin from Hokkaido.

And, Harney Sushi is so committed to the cause that some traditional, high - demand sushi items have been eradicated from the menu, such as Toro, Bluefin Tuna, Big Eye Tuna, certain types of Yellowfin, Unagi, Red Snapper, Hamachi, Maine Sea Urchin and Octopus.

Many people are having a go — from a woman who works at a fish market by day and cultures sea urchin meat by night, to high - school students culturing shellfish in their refrigerators.

While it isn't uncommon to find sea urchins attached to elevated rocks in an attempt to snap food from ocean currents, NOAA scientists aren't quite sure why so many have chosen to gather here.

Across the species» range from Baja California, Mexico, to Alaska, bioerosion on urchin - covered sandstone reefs, the researchers report, produces sediment approximately equivalent to that delivered to the coast by a river — some 200 tons of sediment per hectare — suggesting that when you stroll along the beach, a not insignificant chunk of the sand is, in fact, sea urchin waste.

They crack into sea urchins by dropping them from heights onto the rocks.

Sea otters off the Alaskan coast play a pivotal role in marine ecosystems: By dining on sea urchins, the animals help preserve kelp forests that feed a range of species, from barnacles to bald eaglSea otters off the Alaskan coast play a pivotal role in marine ecosystems: By dining on sea urchins, the animals help preserve kelp forests that feed a range of species, from barnacles to bald eaglsea urchins, the animals help preserve kelp forests that feed a range of species, from barnacles to bald eagles.

The scientists documented almost 100 percent mortality of purple sea urchins and six - armed sea stars over the study area, which stretched from southern Mendocino County to Bodega Bay in Sonoma County.

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

Sea urchins have seemingly countless spines each made from a single calcite crystal.

In Venomous, molecular biologist Christie Wilcox surveys the animal kingdom's wide array of biochemical warriors, from spiders and snakes to sea urchins and centipedes.

The research published in the journal Science Advances predicts that as the oceans warm fish — which appear to be superior predators in warm water — will extend their ranges away from the equator and cause a decline in the diversity of invertebrates such as crabs, lobsters, sea urchins and whelks.

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

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).

Commonly found in the waters from Baja California to Point Conception — although they can sometimes be found as far north as Monterey Bay — sheephead feed on sea urchins, whose grazing habits can wreak havoc on community composition in kelp forests.

They found more than 100 probable new species, from barnacles to heart - shaped sea urchins.

Michael Russell at Villanova University in Pennsylvania and his colleagues studied purple sea urchins from the west coast of North America.

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.

Genes very similar to Smed - beta - catenin - 1 are found in animals ranging from jellyfish to humans, and they have been implicated in posterior tissue specification in frogs, sea urchins and many other animals.

«The enzymes in the sea urchins» stomachs are optimized to function at very high pH — which is different from the situation in mammals, where stomach pH is acidic and enzymes work best at low pH.»

Dr. Rebecca Vega Thurber received her doctorate in 2005 from Stanford University where she studied developmental cell signaling pathways in sea urchin larvae.

We chose two deuterostome species (chicken and sea urchin) from separate phyla and asked if Boule homologs are preferentially expressed in the testis or ovary.

(B) RT - PCR survey using sea urchin - specific primers on different tissues from purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus).

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).

Researchers from Sweden and Germany have studied the larval stage of green sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis.

Echinacea angustifolia (Echinacea)-- The name Echinacea comes from the Greek word echinos which means «sea urchin» and refers to the plant's prickly seed head.

Another preservative, phenoxyethanol, was originally used as an insecticide and an insect repellant, and it can be toxic at low concentrations to invertebrates from shrimp to sea urchins.

A contemporary conversation piece, the Ninli Table Lamp from Surya features a stack of distressed glass sea urchin shapes mounted on a polished silver base.

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...

Consider stocking at least a few representatives from each of the following groups: Sponges — many types, shapes, sizes and colors Zoanthids — colonial anemones (some can be harmful to true corals) Anemones — short tentacle, long tentacle and carpet Corallimorphs — mushroom anemones, Ricordea, Discosoma and elephant - ear Cerianthids — tube - dwelling anemones Mollusks (with and without shell)-- sea slugs, sea hares, nudibranches, turbo snails and many types of living shells and clams Cephalopods — octopus and cuttlefish Worms — feather dusters Arthropods — crabs, hermit crabs, shrimp and lobsters Echinoderms — sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea stars (starfish), serpent stars and brittle stars.

Decorated in contemporary pastels, neutral tones and complemented by dark solid wood furniture, the new rooms feature a signature Le Meridien discovery wall that takes inspiration from the serene and calming sea urchin to create a tranquil and sophisticated feel.

Among the activities not to miss: a tour of the small resort towns and fishing villages on the Cap d'Antibes; browsing antiques from the dealers along Avenue des Quatres Otages, in L'Isle - sur - la - Sorgue; and throwing back oysters, sea urchins, and white wine with the locals at the fishmongers» stands at the entrance to the Marché à la Brocante, in Villeneuve - lès - Avignon.

The transition from macroalgal (i.e. kelp forest) to denuded landscapes dominated by sea urchins (or «urchin barrens») is a widespread phenomenon, [6][33][34][35] often resulting from trophic cascades like those described above; the two phases are regarded as alternative stable states of the ecosystem.

In a well - studied example from Alaskan kelp forests, [24] sea otters (Enhydra lutris) control populations of herbivorous sea urchins through predation.

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 divers explain what the camera is revealing and answer visitors» questions about the kelp forest and its many inhabitants, from lobsters to spiny sea urchins and brightly colored fish.

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

Decorated in contemporary pastels and complimented by light solid wood furniture, the new rooms will feature a signature Le Méridien Discovery Wall that takes inspiration from the serene and calming sea urchin, to create a tranquil and sophisticated feel.

In the opposite side from the lagoon there is an island with a natural pool with sea urchins.

Due to the intact connectivity of the extensive seagrass beds, desnse mangrove forests, and robust coral reefs, the remoteness of the area, and the history of protection from coastal development, the Gardens of the Queen represents a «baseline» for a nearly pristine Caribbean marine ecosystem; an ecosystem that includes healthy populations of apex predators like sharks and groupers, important grazers like Rainbow parrotfish and long - spine sea urchins, and recovering endangered species like elkhorn coral and hawksbill sea turtles.

Quamking from 2008 is as spiky and colorful as a giant sea urchin, and what's startling about this late Chamberlain is his brilliant use of color, as masterful and complex as any painter's.

Gober continued to showcase water in various permutations well into the following decades, from small tidepools filled with leaves or sea urchins, to a cascading waterfall coursing down a flight of stairs.

Jean Painleve, The Sea Urchins (1958) Video projection from 35 mm film Duration 11 mins.