Sentences with phrase «of nearshore»

«The incorporation of sound science and meaningful stakeholder involvement in the planning and management of wave energy projects is in the best interests of nearshore ecosystems and coastal communities.»

Campsites are located on remote beaches of nearshore islands and on arroyo beaches that emerge through gaps in the picturesque sea cliffs.

Channelkeeper is also supporting biological monitoring of nearshore underwater habitats such as kelp forests and rocky reefs in partnership with scientists from UCSB to track how fish populations and marine communities associated with these habitats respond over time to the protection provided by MPAs.

This detailed study of carbon chemistry dynamics highlights the need to incorporate local effects of nearshore oceanographic processes into predictions of coral reef vulnerability and resilience.

The British Columbia coast is rich with a mosaic of nearshore habitats from kelp forests to seagrass meadows to rocky shores.

Open - ocean fish species exhibited camouflage that was superior to that of both nearshore fish and mirrorlike surfaces, with significantly higher crypsis at angles associated with predator detection and pursuit.

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

Not exact matches

Groundwater that seeps into the coastal zone beneath the ocean's surface — termed submarine groundwater discharge (SGD)-- is an important source of fresh water and nutrients to nearshore coral reefs throughout the globe.

That could explain two other anomalies from the era's geologic record, Lenton says: the large amounts of organic - rich shale that were deposited as nearshore sediments and the unusually high proportion of carbon - 13 isotopes in the rocks.

Through this collective effort, and the translation of individual data into baselines against which any impact — from human or natural origins — can be assessed, nearshore ecosystems worldwide will be actively known, managed and protected.

«Researchers will be able to make meaningful comparisons between large - scale and small - scale fisheries, nearshore and offshore fisheries, operations in industrialized countries compared to ones in developing countries, seafood aimed at export markets versus seafood primarily consumed locally, and a host of other possibilities,» said co-author Martin Smith, a professor of environmental economics at Duke University.

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

«The near extinction of sea otters is one of the most dramatic examples of human - induced impacts to the structure and functioning of temperate nearshore marine ecosystems,» said Rebecca G. Martone, of the Center for Ocean Solutions at Stanford University.

It is big, and it is growing, and that trend is all the more worrisome in light of rapid population growth in the coastal zones of the world and our heavy dependence on nearshore waters for economics, nutrition and recreation.

Whether fish hunt nearshore or in the open water and what prey they eat affect the amount of mercury that accumulates in them, a Dartmouth College study shows.

«These improvements within the local watershed combined with increased storage and nutrient management north of Lake Okeechobee would collectively improve the conditions in both the St. Lucie Estuary, adjacent portions of the Indian River Lagoon, and the nearshore reefs downstream of the St. Lucie Inlet while better protecting human health.»

URBAN SHADOW: Human development in Monterey, Calif., looms over the nearshore marine ecosystem of the city's namesake bay, illustrating the high potential for anthropogenic — man - made — environmental stress.

Other notable announcements include a commitment by Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) to protect 30 percent of the state's high - priority watershed forests and to manage 30 percent of the state's nearshore waters by 2030.

Results of new budget study help establish how nearshore waters and sediments influence climate.

Mechanics of geophysical boundary layers, mechanics of sediment transport, air - sea interaction, shelf and nearshore processes.

Coastal and boundary current systems with a focus on processes that link the nearshore and continental shelf to the open ocean, such as along - and across - shore transport processes, stirring and mixing of water masses, and the coastal response to larger - scale forcing events; long - duration, high - resolution observations using autonomous underwater gliders.

Though we had planned on working nearshore today in SOCAL - BRS with some planned refueling and transfers of people and gear, the small craft advisory from large swell and 20 + knot winds in outer water ensured it.

This is attained through efficient and effective supply chains; hence, companies quickly seek to outsource part of their operations to specialized companies in nearshore destinations as Belize.

As part of its objectives to foster trade and investment in Belize's Offshore Outsourcing Services Sector, the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE) in partnership with the Caribbean Association for Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA), participated in the event to showcase Belize's competitive advantages as an emerging nearshore destination inclusive of the Caribbean region as a competitive outsourcing region.

Other species of birds, such as grebes and loons migrate from Baja California over the nearshore waters, and will stop to fish and feed.

The nature of the relationship between gray whale populations and climate - sensitive ecosystem features such as sea ice, freshwater input to nearshore benthic ecosystems and benthic species composition is poorly understood [19], [20].

During the October lectures, Dr. Hunter Lenihan, a distinguished researcher with the University of California at Santa Barbara, discussed his effective collaborations with local fishermen to protect California spiny lobster and nearshore rockfish populations at the Channel Islands.

This «kelp highway hypothesis» suggested that highly productive kelp forests supported rich and diverse marine food webs in nearshore waters, including many types of fish, shellfish, birds, marine mammals, and seaweeds that were similar from Japan to California, Erlandson and his colleagues also argued that coastal kelp forests reduced wave energy and provided a linear dispersal corridor entirely at sea level, with few obstacles to maritime peoples.

Overfishing nearshore ecosystems leads to the degradation of kelp forests.

She has worked with sanitation authorities on research pertaining to impacts of disposal on coastal waters, and with the research community and municipalities on impacts of storm water runoff on nearshore coastal environments.

Where: All events will take place in the nearshore waters of Kaanapali and on the beachfront of the Ka'anapali Beach Hotel

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

«The large rocky promontories of Cape Perpetua and Heceta Head, the productive ocean waters and expansive sandy seafloor environments, mark a unique transition from the nearshore rocky reefs to the north off Seal Rock and the subtidal reefs and kelp forests to south at Cape Arago.

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....

These unprecedented changes and the lack of a clear causal variable underscores the need for better quantifying carbon dynamics in nearshore environments.

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.

Experts have shown a hydrologic connection from these wastewater discharges and the nearshore water quality on the Northwest coast of Maui.

In a recent study, a team of investigators analyzed oxygen - 18 isotopes (δ18O) from the otoliths — or ear bones — from archeological Pacific cod (dating about 1790 - 1920) to reconstruct nearshore temperature regimes in the Gulf of Alaska.

The Reedsport settlement agreement defines a precautionary approach to development of the Wave Park that is intended to minimize impacts to the nearshore environment and existing ocean uses such as recreation and fishing.

Beside that these islands would make a huge amount of offsore wind nearshore, in german, dutc, danish, norwegian and british water, and so would collect offhore power from there.

Bears with hair section δ15N values at or above the mean spent no time near bowhead whale bone piles and less than half of the year nearshore.

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).

Mussel shells, however, indicate that these changes are unprecedented and the lack of a clear causal variable underscores the need for better quantifying carbon dynamics in nearshore environments.

Water from glacial landscapes is also recognized as an important source of organic carbon, 69,70 phosphorus, 71 and iron72 that contribute to high coastal productivity, so changes in these inputs could alter critical nearshore fisheries.70, 73,74,75

However, as you'll see by the sea ice thickness maps below, there may be good reason for the lack of ringed seal lairs, and a general lack of seals except at the nearshore lead that forms because of tidal action: the ice just a bit further offshore ice looks too thick for a good crop of ringed seals in all three years of the study.

Analysis of carbon isotopes in seabed samples from 14 offshore sites indicated that about 13 % of the carbon released by permafrost erosion ends up sequestered in nearshore sediments.

Tanski G, Couture N, Lantuit H, Eulenburg A, Fritz M (2016) Eroding permafrost coasts release low amounts of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from ground ice into the nearshore zone of the Arctic Ocean.

Connectivity among nearshore marine ecosystems: the stochastic nature of larval transport.

Flow, Fish and Fishing: Disparate Scales of Process Make Nearshore Fishery Management a Difficult Task (NSF: $ 1,600,000).

The cold nearshore waters couple with the descending, adiabatically warmed air aloft to form a stable lower atmosphere with a strong temperature inversion, which has long been linked to a prevalence of low stratiform clouds.