Sentences with phrase «nearshore areas»

The study also highlighted information gaps that are blocking further assessments of impacts, and found that bycatch rates in small - scale fisheries in nearshore areas rival those of large - scale fisheries in the open ocean....

They forage in nearshore areas by plowing through muddy bottoms in search of benthic prey such as worms, mudshrimp, and amphipods.

When fish feed on organisms that live around bottom - growing plants and on the mud in the nearshore areas (benthic organisms in the littoral zone), they accumulate less mercury than when they are feeding on plankton in the open water.

«Nearshore areas of the Great Lakes are important to migrating landbirds.

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This will trigger an evacuation of large areas of nearshore impacted areas.

«The model then simulates how these disturbances — the tsunami waves — propagate and are transformed as they reach the nearshore and inundate coastal areas.»

Other key areas that require attention include quantification of the effect of trawling and mining on benthic habitats, assessment of the impacts of alien species, quantification of the impacts of pollution (sewage and storm water) in the nearshore environment, and the quantification and prediction of future climate change effects.

A management strategy for nearshore sedentary species using marine protected areas (MPAs) as a reference.

For his dissertation research, he is working collaboratively with commercial fishermen at the northern Channel Islands, off Santa Barbara, to collect essential fishery information on nearshore finfish inside and outside of no - take Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).