Sentences with phrase «marine habitats by»

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See conditions 57 to 59, which require Enbridge to conduct a pre-construction assessment of caribou habitat impacted by the project and conditions 51 and 191, which require Enbridge to prepare a construction phase and operations phase marine mammal protection plan.

MaCuMBA coordinator Prof Lucas Stal (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)-RRB-, said: «MaCuMBA aims to improve the isolation rate and growth efficiency of marine microorganisms from conventional and extreme habitats by applying innovative methods and using automated high - throughput procedures.

As humans put stress on the habitats of more complicated marine creatures, Robison explains, «jellies, because they are relatively simple, cheap to build, and can reproduce very quickly, can respond to negative impacts on other kinds of animals by rushing in to fill their niche.»

«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).

While most marine fish live in intertidal habitats, surviving the retreat of the tide by hiding under wet seaweed or by using temporary tide pools, mudskippers are uniquely adapted to a completely amphibious lifestyle.

Where these outflows are the most voluminous, coral reef has largely been overtaken by green algae, which has destroyed habitat for an untold number of marine species.

Scientists have long been intrigued by the marine biodiversity peak located around Indonesia and the Philippines, in the so - called Coral Triangle, which hosts approximately three thousand coral reef fish species, i.e. ten times more than in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic at the same latitude and in similar habitats.

Two years ago, a habitat management plan, commissioned by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, found that the populations were at best stable and probably declining.

By comparing the contemporary global distribution of tropical marine fish1 with that of the paleo - reefs, the researchers were for the first time able to test the key role of habitats that persisted over many glacial periods and thus served as biodiversity refugia.

There are immediate reasons to study the vocal patterns of cetaceans: these marine mammals are threatened by human activities through competition for fishery resources, entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with vessels, exposure to pollutants and oil spills and, ultimately, shrinking habitats due to anthropogenic climate change.

Blue carbon markets, in which countries or corporations could offset CO2 emissions by buying carbon credits from projects that create or protect carbon - rich habitat, could become viable in two to three years, says John Bruno, a marine ecologist at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

The field study of an international group of researchers headed by Massimiliano Molari from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen and Katja Guilini from the University of Ghent in Belgium, now published in Science Advances, reveals how leaking CO2 affects the seabed habitat and its inhabitants.

The project will develop ways to quantify the amount of carbon that these marine ecosystems can sequester, and to value the ecosystem services provided by coastal habitats.

At present, the ocean takes up a quarter of the CO2 - released to the atmosphere by human industrial activities — with long - lasting consequences for the chemical composition of seawater and marine habitats.

New research, led by the University of Southampton, has found that human activities such as shipping are having a noticeable impact on marine species and their native habitats.

This project will address these threats by adopting a holistic approach to the protection of marine life, seabirds and alluvial forest habitats.

As one of the largest national research programmes on ocean acidification, BIOACID has contributed to quantifying the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms and their habitats, unravelling the mechanisms underlying the observed responses, assessing the potential for evolutionary adaptation, and determining how these responses are modulated by other environmental drivers.

To spread the risk of losing one habitat type in a bleaching event or other natural disaster, managers should protect multiple examples (replicates) of the full range of marine habitat types, and spread them out to minimize the chance that they will all be wiped out by the same disturbance.

Cruise aboard a 6 - passenger yacht piloted by a licensed captain, search for marine life in their natural habitat, and take amazing photos of your friends and family.

Lindblad Expeditions - National Geographic has announced Cuba by Land and Sea: Cultural Heritage and Natural Wonders, a 10 - night people - to - people program that combines extraordinary people - to - people visits that capture the country's vibrant cultures and political history, with exploring Cuba's remarkable natural history and pristine marine habitats.

Physically formed by brown macroalgae, kelp forests provide a unique, three - dimensional habitat for marine organisms [4] and are a source for understanding many ecological processes.

Loss of the habitat and nutrients provided by kelp forests leads to profound cascade effects on the marine ecosystem.

Managed by the Fisheries Department, a Marine Reserve is defined by the IUCN as «an area reserved as a nature conservation reserve for the protection, research, recreation, education and controlled extraction in relation to marine and freshwater species and their habitats.&Marine Reserve is defined by the IUCN as «an area reserved as a nature conservation reserve for the protection, research, recreation, education and controlled extraction in relation to marine and freshwater species and their habitats.&marine and freshwater species and their habitats.»

Channelkeeper is also supporting biological monitoring of nearshore underwater habitats such as kelp forests and rocky reefs in partnership with scientists from UCSB to track how fish populations and marine communities associated with these habitats respond over time to the protection provided by MPAs.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) took an important step toward protecting critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for the Cook Inlet beluga whale in Alaska by proposing to designate more than 3,000 square miles of the threatened whale's habitat for protection.

Immerse yourself in Alaskan marine ecosystems by observing animals in naturalistic habitats.

You'll be astounded by these marine mammal's agility and acceleration as they swim around you in their habitat.

Formed over thousands of years by living coral growing on top of an extinct volcano, it lies in one of the richest marine habitats in the world.

Commissioned by TBA21 — Academy and presented in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall as part of a survey exhibition dedicated to the artist's work, the multi-layered performance is Jonas» poetic response to the threatened marine cultures, endangered habitats, and rampant exploitation of our seas.

Microplastics create an estimated $ 13 billion a year in losses from damage to marine ecosystems (not to mention the severe degradation to natural capital suffered by animals and their habitats), as well as financial losses to fisheries and tourism.

Oyster reefs provide habitat for small marine life and filter water of nitrogen and phosphorous by consuming algae that contain these nutrients.

A new paper that combines paleoclimatology data for the last 56 million years with molecular genetic evidence concludes there were no biological extinctions [of Arctic marine animals] over the last 1.5 M years despite profound Arctic sea ice changes that included ice - free summers: polar bears, seals, walrus and other species successfully adapted to habitat changes that exceeded those predicted by USGS and US Fish and Wildlife polar bear biologists over the next 100 years.

More Biodiversity, Higher Yields: By using the entire food column, the «farm» provides habitat for hundreds of marine and bird species, and create natural reef systems.

As a result, the 112,800 acres avoid sensitive habitat along the Chesapeake Bay, military training areas, marine vessel traffic, a dredge disposal site, and areas of concern specified by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Carbon Sequestration by Coastal Marine Habitats: Important Missing Sinks.

Some species of marine mammals will be able to take advantage of increases in prey abundance and spatial / temporal shifts in prey distribution toward or within their primary habitats, whereas some populations of birds and seals will be adversely affected by climatic changes if food sources decline or are displaced away from regions suitable for breeding or rearing of young.

For example, the extent of the polar bear's habitat is determined by the maximum seasonal surface area of marine ice in a given year.

A wide range of human activities affect marine biodiversity both in direct ways, such as exploitation by fisheries, habitat loss due to dredging, filling, and other construction influences, fishing gear impacts, and pollution, and in less direct ways, including effects of global change resulting in acidification, warmer waters, and coastal inundation.

These include microplastics, which result in an estimated $ 13 billion a year in losses from damage to marine ecosystems (not to mention the severe degradation to natural capital suffered by animals and their habitats) and financial losses to fisheries and tourism.

A new campaign by Greenpeace has sent beautiful life - sized paper sculptures of penguins to every continent of the world in an effort to educate people about the importance of protecting Antarctica, penguins» native habitat and one of the world's last pristine marine ecosystems.

These changes advanced industrial economic interests at the expense of First Nations, by reducing environmental protections relating to marine species and their habitats, and by minimizing hurdles for Northern Gateway's application for a certificate to build its project.

Marine Biologists study plant and animal life in saltwater environments by maintaining marine mammal habitats and recording behavioral and health iMarine Biologists study plant and animal life in saltwater environments by maintaining marine mammal habitats and recording behavioral and health imarine mammal habitats and recording behavioral and health issues.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) have reopened the public comment period on a joint proposal to simplify the process of identifying habitat essential to the survival and recovery of species protected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA).