Sentences with phrase «on sea urchin»

You will then carry out a virtual lab — the Virtual Urchin — to study the effect of a more acidic seawater pH on sea urchin larvae.

Based on the ocean acidification fears, Yu et al. conducted research on sea urchin babies larvae immersed in water with lower values of pH to determine its impact on larvae growth and well being.

The Lark's take on sea urchin, a local Santa Barbara delicacy.

Unlike typical crystal structures like shells, which incorporate thousands of smaller, geometrically symmetrical crystals attached to each other, each spine on a sea urchin is a single large calcite crystal with its own convoluted shape.

I went to Woods Hole so as to be able to work on sea urchin eggs, as by then we had a good understanding of our reticulocyte system.

Also, the Cougars» All - American defensive tackle, Ed Oliver, lined up at running back and scored a touchdown days after stepping on a sea urchin.

Sea otters off the Alaskan coast play a pivotal role in marine ecosystems: By dining on sea urchins, the animals help preserve kelp forests that feed a range of species, from barnacles to bald eagles.

Studies on sea urchins provided the missing link because they have a protein with elements common to those in both humans and insects and reveal a common ancestry hundreds of millions of years ago.

Otters have a varied carnivorous diet and prey heavily on sea urchins.

Commonly found in the waters from Baja California to Point Conception — although they can sometimes be found as far north as Monterey Bay — sheephead feed on sea urchins, whose grazing habits can wreak havoc on community composition in kelp forests.

The current paper combines previous findings with new work using visual surveys and path analysis to quantify the direct and indirect effects of sheephead on sea urchins and macroalgal assemblages.

Namely, we are working on sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus), amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum) and lampreys (Petromyzon marinus), respectively, a xenambulacrarian, an invertebrate chordate and an agnathan vertebrate.

This species, considered a keystone species, helps maintain the health of kelp forests by preying on sea urchins, which, if allowed to proliferate, can destroy a kelp forest.

Robinson spent hours helping a 10 - year - old neighbor, Matthew Pappas, with a school project on sea urchins.

Not exact matches

Lupa Osteria Romana: Dine on raw fluke with lemon and Aleppo pepper; crispy octopus with green faro and Swiss chard; shellfish stew with eels, lobster and clams; baccala ravioli with marjoram; dried pasta with crab and sea urchin; sea scallops with cauliflower, fennel and citrus; and turbot cooked in parchment with black truffles; plus dessert.

Mooi not only turned up all seven species of sea urchin he was looking for, he added two more previously unknown to exist on the island.

That is a clue to anyone who studies the distribution of organisms on Earth that there might be something different going on there,» says Rich Mooi, the Curator of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology at the Academy and a specialist in sea urchins who took part in the expedition.

The data showed that although sea urchins negatively affected giant kelp by grazing on it, no direct link between kelp and other herbivores existed.

Across the species» range from Baja California, Mexico, to Alaska, bioerosion on urchin - covered sandstone reefs, the researchers report, produces sediment approximately equivalent to that delivered to the coast by a river — some 200 tons of sediment per hectare — suggesting that when you stroll along the beach, a not insignificant chunk of the sand is, in fact, sea urchin waste.

In a study published today in PLOS ONE, scientists spent a year observing purple sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, pictured above) growing on sections of sandstone, mudstone, and granite reefs that had been transported into a laboratory setting.

The first sea - floor lab to test the effects of CO2 (top) on deep - sea animals didn't kill these caged eelpouts and an octopus, but sea urchins died and their spines dissolved (bottom, before and after

The simple purple sea urchin may shed light on the origins of the complex human immune system.

Sea urchins and abalone, for example, have a harder time recovering from population declines because their reproduction relies on broadcast spawning.

«Nature's blueprint for fracture - resistant cement: Based on the nanostructure of the sea urchin spines, scientists develop fracture - resistant cement.»

With no otters to eat them, sea urchins thrive and gorge on kelp forests — often called the «rainforests of the oceans» — resulting in major CO2 releases.

This is a scanning electron microscopy image of a calcite crystal generated in the presence of the sea urchin protein rSpSM50 on a silicon wafer showing organized nanotexturing on exposed surfaces.

The sea urchins had eaten holes in all the rocks, although they were slower at doing so on the harder ones.

Russell says the sea urchins» abilities are a by - product of how they eat, using the five sharp teeth on their underside.

In the lab, the researchers placed single sea urchins on pieces of soft mudstone, hard sandstone and tough granite.

Like their fellow echinoderms, including urchins and sea cucumbers, basket stars have five-fold symmetry, but they elaborate on this with their extraordinary many - fingered arms, which are a little like slender coral branches.

Microgravity tests on birds, sea urchins, amphibians and fish have proven inconclusive.

Species - specific ecological research on lobster, deep sea red crab, shrimp, sea urchins, and giant sea scallop.

(B) RT - PCR survey using sea urchin - specific primers on different tissues from purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus).

The House of Cards actress opts for a wine - colored Delpozo mini with a heart - shaped neckline and embellishments on the bodice (do they remind anyone else of sea urchins?).

A contemporary conversation piece, the Ninli Table Lamp from Surya features a stack of distressed glass sea urchin shapes mounted on a polished silver base.

Discovered at a road cut on Route 377: fossilized oyster shells, sea urchins, sea biscuits, and a nice piece of petrified wood along the Brazos River.

If you want something on the paranormal side of the romance genre, try Water Bound by Christine Freehan, an imaginative tale about a beautiful sea urchin diver who saves a drowning man.

Doctor Norm Estin of Doctors on Call, Maui's pioneer in Urgent care, talks sea urchins, dehydration, and vacation injuries.

The focus is on robata — charcoal - grilled meats and vegetables — but the real treats are on the daily - changing chalkboard menu: pristine fried prawns; quivering cubes of house - made tofu; a velvety poached egg with Santa Barbara sea urchin; silky custard with silkier foie gras.

If you are wondering what to do if you step on or brush up against a sea urchin, here is a great article on how to treat a sea urchin sting.

Its pyramid style architecture, designed by Israeli architect Adam Tihan, lords it over the Red Sea on the child - friendly North Beach (no sea urchins around herSea on the child - friendly North Beach (no sea urchins around hersea urchins around here).

I'm probably more careful than most people in that my shuffles are very exaggerated and if I'm surfing, I'll usually ride by board on my belly for as shallow as possible to avoid stepping on a stingray, sea urchin or sharp reef.

Notable dishes include sea urchin pasta, but what really puts this restaurant on the culinary map are its pizzas, a combination of new and old world Italian cooking.

One final tip: be careful when going into the water barefoot — coral chunks can be sharp, and sea urchins like to hide in crevices, where it's easy to step on them by accident.

Among the activities not to miss: a tour of the small resort towns and fishing villages on the Cap d'Antibes; browsing antiques from the dealers along Avenue des Quatres Otages, in L'Isle - sur - la - Sorgue; and throwing back oysters, sea urchins, and white wine with the locals at the fishmongers» stands at the entrance to the Marché à la Brocante, in Villeneuve - lès - Avignon.

While larger invertebrates and in particular sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller) are important secondary consumers controlling large barren ground areas on the Norwegian coast, they are scarce inside dense kelp forests.

Sea urchins graze on the lower stems of kelp, causing the kelp to drift away and die.

Predation on kelp - eating species such as sea urchins helps to maintain a balance in the kelp forest ecosystem, providing a more stable habitat for other species that rely on the kelp for food and shelter.

Robinson had just finished a routine dive to scout for sea urchins and had deposited his equipment on board his boat.

The beaches» end section may get quite shallow in the late morning, thus be on the lookout for sharp rocks and pesky sea urchins.