Sentences with phrase «marine organisms long»

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I probably got whatever I have long ago when I was torturing rare marine organisms instead of coming home to see you.

The long - term challenge, says marine ecologist Paul Snelgrove of Memorial University of Newfoundland, will be to continue investigating the ecological significance of the newfound organisms after the primary census is completed in 2010.

Ocean heat waves are happening more frequently and lasting longer, too — a potential major threat to coral reefs and other marine organisms, according to new research.

«So the contamination of long - lived radionuclides in different organisms in the local marine food webs needs to be monitored continually.»

«I didn't think that most of these coastal organisms could survive at sea for long periods of time,» said Greg Ruiz, a co-author and marine biologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.

Among the greatest concerns is that compounds in oil called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) could have long - term sublethal effects on marine organisms that were at the peak of their spawning season when the spill began.

Developed by biological oceanographer Ulf Riebesell of the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences in Germany, the mesocosms consist of a buoyant frame and a 65 - foot - long polyurethane bag that encloses plankton and other small marine orgaMarine Sciences in Germany, the mesocosms consist of a buoyant frame and a 65 - foot - long polyurethane bag that encloses plankton and other small marine orgamarine organisms.

«Recent large toxic blooms off of the California coast and the attendant damage to local shellfish and the shellfish economy underscore the importance of understanding how long the marine snow remains toxic, how deep it can go and how long marine organisms are exposed to the toxin,» Schnetzer says.

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

The purpose of the cruise was to determine how marine organisms are acclimated to long - term ocean acidification and the resulting effect on biogeochemical cycles by studying organisms living in naturally CO2 - rich coral reefs.

The month - long sea campaign across the Pacific on the research vessel Falkor will monitor the diversity of oceanic phytoplankton, microscopic plant - like organisms, and their impact on the marine carbon cycle.

The micromotors are essentially six - micrometer - long tubes that help rapidly convert carbon dioxide into calcium carbonate, a solid mineral found in eggshells, the shells of various marine organisms, calcium supplements and cement.