Sentences with phrase «oceanic food web»

This would put the whole oceanic food web at risk.

This dynamic upwelling system drives the oceanic food web providing nutrients for plankton and small fish to proliferate.

«So far it's completely unclear how these productivity hotspots are affected by ocean acidification and what are the impacts on the oceanic food web.»

A third of all commercially harvested seafood goes to animals, which could undermine the entire oceanic food web.

«Under climate change, the Pacific Islands region is projected to become warmer, less oxygenated, more acidic, and have lower production of plankton that form the base of oceanic food webs,» said lead author Rebecca Asch, Nereus Program alumnus and Assistant Professor at East Carolina University.

Academics and companies are also striving to improve processed shrimp feed and replace the fish meal it contains with other protein sources, a change that could help prevent further depletion of fish species at the base of oceanic food webs.

Aydin, K. Y., G. A. McFarlane, J. R. King, B. A. Megrey, and K. W. Myers, 2005: Linking oceanic food webs to coastal production and growth rates of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), using models on three scales.

Remember that all of the energy and matter that fuels oceanic food webs comes from the phytoplankton, who use sunlight to create living matter from inorganic elements.»

Not exact matches

But that doesn't mean that the consequences don't exist, from changes in marine food webs to shifts in oceanic and atmospheric chemical composition.

Unicellular photosynthetic microbes — phytoplankton — are responsible for virtually all oceanic primary production, which fuels marine food webs and plays a fundamental role in the global carbon cycle.