Sentences with phrase «marine predators»

All four groups were predatory and included the top marine predators of their time.

His new study does not distinguish between fish and other marine predators, but it concludes that there may be between 2 billion tonnes and billion tonnes of marine creatures in the oceans.

«Tiger Sharks: Banks and Borders» is a film about the connectivity between habitats and the Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation researchers» efforts to shed light on the relatively unknown movements of large marine predators.

«Vital role of marine predators in supplying nutrients to coral reef ecology.»

In 2000, Costa joined forces with Barbara Block at Stanford University and others to launch the Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) program, a decade - long effort to track the movements of top marine predators in the Pacific Ocean.

It's a well - noted phenomenon that humpback whales, often in duos, protect smaller animals who are hunted by marine predators like orca whales.

Enjoy unique cage diving experiences around the Neptune Islands in South Australia and get up close with the world's most famous marine predator.

Though the fishes were not commercially valuable, they are an important source of food for marine predators like other fish, squid and whales, and help to support ecosystem health.

Marine predators often try to trap their prey against the ocean's surface.

The next steps of this research involve looking at exactly how periods of apnoea are related to changes in heart rate in the seals to better understand the development of diving ability in these important marine predators.

Earlier it had been assumed that marine predators grew continuously larger from the Early to the Middle Triassic culminating in the apex predators.

«The apex marine predators recovered after the large extinction over a very, comparatively short period of time,» says Torsten Scheyer.

«Conversely, increases in cephalopod populations could benefit marine predators which are reliant on them for food, as well as human communities reliant on them as a fisheries resource.»

Named Pachycostasaurus dawni — meaning thick - ribbed lizard of Dawn, in honor of its discoverer — the creature in most ways resembles extinct marine predators called plesiosaurs.

A genomic analysis of comb jellies confirmed that the squishy marine predators are the new oldest animals, bumping the much simpler sea sponges from the base of the animal evolutionary tree (SN Online: 12/12/13; SN: 5/18/13, p. 20).

Maria is an Environmental Scientist with a doctorate (Ph.D.) in marine spatial ecology, extensive experience in marine predator research and a passion for Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic ecosystems.

A new species of giant sea lizard (mosasaur), discovered in 66 - million - year - old rocks of Antarctica, is now the largest known top marine predator from this continent (about 33 feet long).

Aggressive little marine predators, mantis shrimps possess a mushroom body that appears identical to the one found in insects.

That plastic can then move up the food chain as seabirds, seals and other marine predators eat those fish.

Big marine predators that try to snack on a hagfish get a nasty surprise.

During the course of production, Zissou's best friend and longtime diving partner Esteban was eaten by the giant marine predator of the documentary's title, and Zissou pledges that in Part 2, he will hunt the monster down and kill it.

Here top marine predators share the ocean with cute furry critters and slimy underwater creatures from the deep.

Geographical area and life history traits influence diet in an Arctic marine predator.

The study found that major hot spots for large marine predators are the California Current, which flows south along the U.S. west coast, and a trans - oceanic migration highway called the North Pacific Transition Zone, which connects the western and eastern Pacific on the boundary between cold sub-arctic water and warmer subtropical water — about halfway between Hawaii and Alaska.

The famous marine predators have become a Hollywood industry unto itself.

Julie has conducted research on a variety of top marine predators and their prey in relation to ocean climate.

This UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site was declared a national park in 1978, and offers divers unparalleled opportunities to swim with large numbers of marine predators.

«It is time to take [jellyfishes] seriously,» Acuña adds, both as a marine predator and a future seafood source.

In ecological terms, these spiders are marine predators, and this explains how tiny, barren islands can support much denser populations of spiders than lushly vegetated inland areas.

When a giant virus attacks one marine predator, it sacrifices itself to make viruses that kill the attacker

The authors of this study used animal - borne cameras on 21 little penguins from two breeding colonies in south - eastern Australia to determine the prey types, hunting strategies, and success of little penguins, a small, marine predator that extensively forages with other little penguins.

Some people believe they can avoid this problem by feeding freshwater prey items to marine predators.

Still, being in close proximity to the marine predator is still a heart - pounding experience, and this exhilarating dive is exactly what you can find at Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo.

This area is swarming with large marine predators.

The troubling part is that the low number was surprising to the researchers, who note that not only is it less than they thought they'd find, but it's far less than other large marine predators — even polar bears.

Environmental groups are following the movements of fishing vessels and sharks to decrease the unintentional killings of the marine predators by fishnets.

However, 2008 marks the eight consecutive year that jellyfish numbers continue to increase, thanks to warmer waters and the anthropogenic elimination of marine predators (such as turtles, sharks and tuna) through overfishing.

Moose have very few predators on land and only one marine predator, the killer whale; killer whales have been observed hunting moose migrating between islands in the Pacific Northwest.