Sentences with phrase «in pelagic»

Large shifts in pelagic biodiversity (Beaugrand et al., 2002) and in fish community composition have been seen (Genner et al., 2004; Perry et al., 2005).

Given the lack of detailed proxy records to trace simultaneously biochemical baselines and length of food webs, assessing the extent to which biogeochemical cycling and community structure in pelagic ecosystems have changed over the past century is difficult, as is attributing change to natural cycles versus anthropogenic disturbances.

Tell me that homeostasis isn't the preferred mode and that there are not processes that resist depletion of calcium carbonate polymorphs super-saturation in pelagic waters.

In particular, the MS proxy reflects variations in the terrigenous dust input in this pelagic, deep - marine environment.

Western gulls feed in pelagic environments and in intertidal environments.

The Yellowfin Tuna feed on small forage fish in the pelagic zone.

Citation: Rocio I. Ruiz - Cooley, Tim Gerrodette, Paul C. Fiedler, Susan J. Chivers, Kerri Danil and Lisa T. Ballance; Temporal variation in pelagic food chain length in response to environmental change; Science Advances, 2017; 3 (10): e1701140; DOI: 10.1126 / sciadv.1701140.

«We documented for first time marked changes in the pelagic food web length in response to various natural and anthropogenic related stressors,» said lead author Rocio I. Ruiz - Cooley, formerly of NOAA Fisheries» Southwest Fisheries Science Center and now at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories.

Not in any pelagic environment, in constrained coastal regions.

Not exact matches

She's dabbled in everything from research on pelagic invertebrates to animations about beer to podcasts about fake tumbleweed farms.

And if they need to get somewhere in a hurry, they can employ their funnels to jet away like their pelagic cousins, squid.

Help the Large Pelagics Research Center improve scientific understanding of large fish and other species living in the open ocean by supporting and participating in cooperative research projects

Like other pelagic fishes (those that live in the open sea or in surface waters), many sharks travel far and wide.

Carefully designed marine reserves and a reduction in fishing, they write, «could hold promise for safeguarding sharks and other large pelagic predators from further declines and ecological extinction.»

By foraging for prey in deep pelagic waters often miles offshore, these mobile predators can act as vital «nutrient vectors» to shallow reefs.

In Europe, fishes with pelagic [open - water] life history did poorly in the presence of silver carp.&raquIn Europe, fishes with pelagic [open - water] life history did poorly in the presence of silver carp.&raquin the presence of silver carp.»

In some areas their diet seems to have adapted to include squid, shrimp, and various fish, such as schooling pelagic fish, halibut, and redfish.

There is already evidence that many coral reef fish and pelagic fish, like tuna, have moved in response to warmer ocean waters.

Blanket octopuses are pelagic, never touching the sea floor, Norman explains, which makes it hard for males to find females in the open ocean.

«We find that the extinction event marked an ecological turning point for the pelagic marine vertebrates,» write the authors in the study.

These beasts tend to dine on fish found in coastal and pelagic waters and occasionally marine mammals such as dolphins and porpoises.

Most marine fishes have a pelagic larval stage that drifts in the surface or near - surface currents of the ocean — an environment very different from the one they inhabit as adults.

The effects of ocean acidification on a pelagic community and their impacts on food webs and biogeochemical cycles were studied in a long - term mesocosm experiment conducted in the Gullmar Fjord at the west coast of Sweden.

In consequence, the data available up to now are scarce and we are just starting to comprehend the fundamental properties that will allow us to better understand the role of jellyfish and pelagic tunicates in the global carbon cycle.&raquIn consequence, the data available up to now are scarce and we are just starting to comprehend the fundamental properties that will allow us to better understand the role of jellyfish and pelagic tunicates in the global carbon cycle.&raquin the global carbon cycle.»

He then went to Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, where he received a Master's of Science in Marine Science by studying the role of the pelagic microbial loop in the diet of Antarctic sponges.

Their latest article in the international magazine «Limnology and Oceanography» describes for the first time the sinking speed of organic remains from jellyfish and pelagic tunicates.

The plankton, in turn, attracts a vast array of marine life, providing feeding as well as spawning grounds for myriad pelagic species, including some that have migrated across wide oceanic areas.

In 2008 the predicted existence of a floating mass of pelagic plastic, a giant Garbage Patch, was confirmed in the stable waters of the North Atlantic gyre where plastic debris is accumulating over an area estimated to be twice the size of TexaIn 2008 the predicted existence of a floating mass of pelagic plastic, a giant Garbage Patch, was confirmed in the stable waters of the North Atlantic gyre where plastic debris is accumulating over an area estimated to be twice the size of Texain the stable waters of the North Atlantic gyre where plastic debris is accumulating over an area estimated to be twice the size of Texas.

Genetic [17] and tracking [18], [19] studies have revealed pelagic hotspots where juvenile loggerheads congregate; foraging in oceanographic features that are productive and concentrate prey (Fig. 1c - d).

This doctoral dissertation thus aimed to assess the influence of OA on biogeochemical cycles of elements in natural pelagic food webs of several trophic levels (up to fish larvae) over extended time scales of weeks to months.

Wallace S. Broecker: Preface 1: Jean - Pierre Gattuso and Lina Hansson: Ocean Acidification: Background and History 2: Richard E. Zeebe and Andy Ridgwell: Past Changes of Ocean Carbonate Chemistry 3: James C. Orr: Recent and Future Changes in Ocean Carbonate Chemistry 4: Andrew H. Knoll and Woodward W. Fischer: Skeletons and Ocean Chemistry: The Long View 5: Markus G. Weinbauer, Xavier Mari, and Jean - Pierre Gattuso: Effect of Ocean Acidification on the Diversity and Activity of Heterotrophic Marine Microorganisms 6: Ulf Riebesell and Philippe D. Tortell: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Pelagic Organisms and Ecosystems 7: Andreas J. Andersson, Fred T. Mackenzie, and Jean - Pierre Gattuso: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Benthic Processes, Organisms, and Ecosystems 8: Hans - Otto Pörtner, Magda Gutowska, Atsushi Ishimatsu, Magnus Lucassen, Frank Melzner, and Brad Seibel: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Nektonic Organisms 9: Stephen Widdicombe, John I. Spicer, and Vassilis Kitidis: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Sediment Fauna 10: James P. Barry, Stephen Widdicombe, and Jason M. Hall - Spencer: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function 11: Frances Hopkins, Philip Nightingale, and Peter Liss: Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Marine Source of Atmospherically - Active Trace Gases 12: Marion Gehlen, Nicolas Gruber, Reidun Gangstø, Laurent Bopp, and Andreas Oschlies: Biogeochemical Consequences of Ocean Acidification and Feedback to the Earth System 13: Carol Turley and Kelvin Boot: The Ocean Acidification Challenges Facing Science and Society 14: Fortunat Joos, Thomas L. Frölicher, Marco Steinacher, and Gian - Kasper Plattner: Impact of Climate Change Mitigation on Ocean Acidification Projections 15: Jean - Pierre Gattuso, Jelle Bijma, Marion Gehlen, Ulf Riebesell, and Carol Turley: Ocean Acidification: Knowns, Unknowns, and Perspectives Index

This study compares aragonite saturation states in open pelagic waters, shallow shelf waters, and ice - bound high - latitude waters to delineate rates of change and causes of variation in carbonate mineral saturation states.

To empirically determine whether open - ocean fish have evolved a cryptic reflectance strategy for their heterogeneous polarized environments, the researchers measured the contrasts of live open - ocean and coastal fish against the pelagic background in the Florida Keys and Curaçao.

«Somewhere in the South Pelagic Ocean,» a tidal wave wipes out the population of a small island — except for Mau, who was paddling his dugout canoe home after a month spent alone, preparing to become a man.

Look a little deeper and you may see larger pelagics, eagle rays, marble rays and, in season Mola Mola (Sunfish).

More than 3,000 species of sea creatures have been observed in the warm tropical waters around the island: When you're diving at Sipadan it's not a question of whether you'll see large pelagic species like manta rays, sea turtles, barracuda and sharks, but how many.

History in British Columbia Pacific White - sided dolphins were considered primarily a pelagic species until the mid 1980's when they became common sights in the coastal waters on the north - eastern side of Vancouver Island and north to Queen Charlotte Strait.

Highlights: When diving in Tubbataha, you can see eleven different species of sharks, over 479 species of fish, and large pelagics such as jacks, manta ray, tuna, and whale sharks.

The marine life in Belongas is second to none and can range from serious pelagics (mantas, whale sharks, mola's, tunas, barracudas, blur marlin, eagle ray's) through to ornate critters (nudibranch, harlequin shrimps, ghost pipefish, frog fish, hairy octopus and much much more).

Found in tropical and temperate waters of the western Atlantic, this pelagic, schooling fish usually feeds near the surface.

The diversity of marine life is exceptional and Bali provides one of the few opportunities for divers to see the mighty mola (oceanic sunfish — mola ramsayi) manta rays and other large pelagics — but diving in Bali is not only for «big fish» enthusiasts, macro divers have a selection of treats awaiting them too — the pygmy sea horse, frogfishes, ghost pipe fish and a plethora of nudibranch species to name but a few can all be found on Bali's fringing coral reefs.

With no crowds and world class diving that includes walls, pelagics, macro & muck to name a few you will not be disappointed with your dives in Bunaken.

Diving in the South offers relaxed reef and macro diving in the South Gili's, or challenging adrenalin dives with pelagics in Belongas Bay.

In addition to mantas, these remote islands also attract passing pelagics, including large pods of dolphin, schools of jacks and yellowfin tuna and a variety of whales that includes humpbacks, false killers and pilot whales, plus a showcase of sharks that includes white tips, silver tips, silkies, hammerheads, Galapagos, threshers, and occasionally tigers.

Tally for the day could be in excess of 20 new pelagic sightings for some and for most the trip will include a sought after «special» of rarity worth, that could be a Wandering Albatross or even a new species for the South African bird list.

Now it enjoys worldwide recognition as a base for international birdwatchers in search of seabirds or «pelagic» species as they are known in birding circles.

Stunning sheer walls covered in soft corals and fans, combined with pelagic fish action make this region a diver's paradise.

«Based on the study of white sharks off Tomales Point by scientists from the Tagging of Pelagic Predators Program, they have seen in a given year, about four [sharks] per day and about 70 individuals per year,» she explains.

In recent weeks, observers have noted migrating whales coming closer to California's shoreline, pelagic red crabs arriving in droves near Channel Islands National Park, and a spike in great white shark sightings off the coast of our Golden Gate National ParkIn recent weeks, observers have noted migrating whales coming closer to California's shoreline, pelagic red crabs arriving in droves near Channel Islands National Park, and a spike in great white shark sightings off the coast of our Golden Gate National Parkin droves near Channel Islands National Park, and a spike in great white shark sightings off the coast of our Golden Gate National Parkin great white shark sightings off the coast of our Golden Gate National Parks.

Northern fur seals are pelagic, living almost all of the time in the open ocean, and only use certain offshore islands for pupping and breeding.