Sentences with phrase «of aquatic mammals»

www.iaaam.org Another organization that may be of interest to you is the EAAM (European Association of Aquatic Mammals).

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With this package you can see 32,000 aquatic animals — 1,500 species of fishes, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, birds and mammals from waters around the world — during your stay at the Hilton Chicago.

To learn more about how these groups of land mammals took on their characteristic girth when they turned aquatic, the researchers compiled body masses for 3,859 living and 2,999 fossil mammal species from existing data sets.

Other fossils had hinted that mammals might not just have been small terrestrial creatures until the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago but the beaver - tailed animal definitively pushes back the date of mammalian adaptation to an aquatic lifestyle by at least 100 million years.

Consequently, the scientists gained a fingerprint of the organisms living in entire catchment areas and demonstrate the potential of environmental DNA for determining the biodiversity of all animals, from aquatic insects to mammals.

Chemicals in the sediment can cause reproductive problems in mammals, birds and aquatic life, and they become increasingly concentrated as they move through the food chains of ecosystems.

Some 400 of the big aquatic mammals died in 1996, the largest death toll in 22 years and nearly double the previous record.

«We have documented loss of sea ice and reductions of habitat for Arctic marine mammals across most of the circumpolar Arctic, so this area is not unique,» said co-author Kristin Laidre, a UW associate professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and the Polar Science Center.

The species now numbers at least 130,000 in Sweden, and have been present since 1997 in Stockholm, a city of canals and islands that makes an ideal habitat for the aquatic mammals.

In the case of whales and their cetacean kin, it led to one of the most dramatic transformations known, producing fully aquatic mammals from terrestrial ones.

If humans did much of their evolving in this region, in a food - rich sea and its wetlands, it would explain why we have a long list of physical features in common with aquatic mammals, such as whales, dolphins, seals, and walruses.

Red tide toxins that end up in the food web can be transferred to other forms of life, from tiny zooplankton to birds, fish, aquatic mammals and humans.

Hairlessness, for instance, is only a feature of fully aquatic mammals such as whales and dolphins.

He re-told the familiar tale of the evolution of land animals from ancient fish, and then considered the return of various groups of reptiles, birds and mammals to an aquatic existence: ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs, crocodiles, sea - snakes, penguins, whales, dolphins and porpoises, manatees and dugongs, and seals — as well as polar bears, otters and water voles, who hunt in water.

Through lectures, slide presentations, and aquatic field trips in the waters off the coast of Maine, participants observe the marine mammals common to the New England region.

The majority of antifreeze products on the market contain 95 % Ethylene Glycol, a highly toxic chemical to all mammals and moderately toxic to aquatic animals.

Board Certification in zoological medicine by the American College of Zoological Medicine (ACZM): ACZM diplomates are considered specialist in all species (avian, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and aquatics).

And finally, the International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine (IAAAM) is an organization of veterinarians and other professionals interested in aquatic animals (marine mammals, birds, fish, invertebrates,Aquatic Animal Medicine (IAAAM) is an organization of veterinarians and other professionals interested in aquatic animals (marine mammals, birds, fish, invertebrates,aquatic animals (marine mammals, birds, fish, invertebrates, etc.).

Three to five years of experience practicing aquatic animal medicine and experience with marine mammals is preferred.

Type B is a milder form of the disease that is associated more with water contamination and aquatic mammals.

Development of the long - haired dachshund followed, and they were used to hunt otters and other small aquatic mammals.

These three individuals were charged with creating a list of dangerous wild animals, which are defined as «a mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian and aquatic animal, including a hybrid, that is dangerous to humans, other animals or the environment due to its inherent nature.»

Finally, the wild and beautiful Mana Pools National Park, one of Zimbabwe's most popular parks, where large mammals, lions, leopards, cheetahs and hyenas, over 350 bird species and aquatic wildlife live.

There are no actual aquatic sirens with fishes» tails, but in Belizean waters you will fine the marine mammal that reputedly inspired the sailors» legends of mermaids, West Indian manatees, also sometimes known as sea cows.

Also featuring a special look at WCA Partner Yorkshire Life Aquatic and sighting of the month by North Island Marine Mammal Stewardship Association's Jared Towers!

International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine, 1st Annual Marine Mammal Histopathology Workshop, May 6 - 10 Nassau, Bahamas

Are you passionate about the most fun aquatic mammal of the Mexican Caribbean?

Your best chance to see one of these giant aquatic mammals is aboard the luxury cruising cat Ocean Freedom on a tour to the outer edges of the Upolu Reef, located off the coast of Cairns.

From aquatic mammals to reptiles or even turtles and flocks of rare birds, tourists will certainly be treated to an extensive array of wildlife that never fail to impress.

In what I can best describe as Ecco the Dolphin meets Super Smash Bros., Just the Tip finds you taking control of a space - faring aquatic mammal tasked with eliminating the opposing whale in front of you.

Before humans drive further species of these intelligent aquatic mammals to extinction, we should at least give serious thought to the lessons which might be learned from this video.

«The relevance of this technology extends beyond terrestrial populations of seabirds or mammals, as rovers could be adapted for use in aquatic or aerial environments.»

Earlier, as CM for NAVFAC, managed construction and commissioned key elements of this campus including Sea Water Withdrawal for HVAC and aquatic facilities including captive care facility for fish and marine mammals,...