Sentences with phrase «native marine scientists»

But the country has only 100 native marine scientists, and the biota on the remote 14,000 - kilometer west coast of the country remains largely unknown.

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If these newcomers become established, they have the potential to become invasive, disrupting native marine habitats, says study coauthor James Carlton, a marine scientist at Williams College in Mystic, Conn..

Scientists from Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center confirmed the presence of dozens of species native to Japanese coastal waters — including barnacles, starfish, urchins, anemones, amphipods, worms, mussels, limpets, snails, solitary tunicates and algae — that were on a large floating dock in Japan that washed ashore at Agate Beach near Newport, Oregon in June 2012.

In some areas, all marine species are native to the region, but that's likely to change, lead author Dr Mary Wisz, a Senior Ecosystem Scientist at the Danish Hydraulic Institute tells Carbon Brief:

According to a new study by a team of scientists in the UK and the U.S., human activity is degrading Antarctica's marine ecosystems, placing native species under increasing pressure and upsetting the delicate balance of this exceptional region.