Sentences with phrase «marine vertebrates»
"Marine vertebrates" refers to animals with backbones that live in the ocean or other saltwater environments. Full definition
These events are not new, however, and recent road development in the Atacama region of Chile serendipitously revealed a large and unique collection of marine vertebrate fossils that may shed some light on the phenomenon.
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According to scientists, retroviruses probably developed in marine vertebrates, not placental mammals.
Marine vertebrates at every depth are being affected, as are humans.
«Tracking data reveal the secret lives of marine animals: Seals, whales, sharks, turtles, seabirds, and other marine vertebrates show similar patterns of movement in marine environments.»
UCSC's Long Marine Laboratory is known as a leading center for research on marine vertebrates, including seals, sea lions, sea otters, dolphins, and whales.
The researchers looked at the global distribution of predatory marine vertebrates and their body size in the Early and Middle Triassic and came to surprising conclusions.
«We find that the extinction event marked an ecological turning point for the pelagic marine vertebrates,» write the authors in the study.
Tom completed his BSc Marine Vertebrate Zoology at Bangor University in 2012.
But at half a billion years old, retroviruses probably developed in marine vertebrates.
Pyenson et al. report that the site, Cerro Ballena, dates to the Late Miocene period and consists of over 40 skeletons of marine vertebrates, including rorqual and sperm whales, seals, predatory fishes, and fascinating, now completely extinct, species such as walrus - whales and aquatic sloths.
Yet in waters from the Sea of Japan (aka East Sea) to the Black Sea, jellies today are thriving as many of their marine vertebrate and invertebrate competitors are eliminated by overfishing, dead zones and other human impacts.
This is by far the fastest event of speciation in any marine vertebrate to date.
A research group at the University of Helsinki discovered the fastest event of speciation in any marine vertebrate when studying flounders in an international research collaboration project.
«We demonstrate this approach works, and that it sheds new light on evolutionary history for the most species - rich group of marine vertebrates,» Alfaro said.
In Cerro Colorado, located in the Ica Desert of Peru, sedimentary sequences dating back nine million years have been found to host the fossil skeletons of hundreds of marine vertebrates.
The data obtained allow researchers to compare the Miocene whale feeding habits to those of the extant sea whale, and strengthen the preservation potential of the Ica desert for the marine vertebrate fossil record.
This reaction provided the first behavioral evidence that a marine vertebrate may be tricked into consuming plastic because of the way it smells.
Biologically the richest body of water on the planet, the Sea of Cortez supports over 900 species of marine vertebrates and over 2,000 invertebrates.
This reaction provided the first behavioral evidence that a marine vertebrate may be tricked into consuming plastic because of the way it smells.»