Sentences with phrase «other calcifying»

The same holds true for other calcifying organisms.

We have investigated the response of a coral reef community dominated by scleractinian corals, but also including other calcifying organisms such as calcareous algae, crustaceans, gastropods and echinoderms, and kept in an open - top mesocosm.

We have investigated the response of a coral reef community dominated by scleractinian corals, but also including other calcifying organisms such as calcareous algae, crustaceans, gastropods and echinoderms, and kept in an open - top mesocosm [note: a «mesocosm» is an aquarium].

Large - scale impacts on pteropods and other calcifying organisms that form the base of the marine food chain could distress populations of larger fish that feed on them, leading to significant economic impacts on the multi-billion dollar U.S. seafood industry.

«More acidic waters make it difficult for corals and other calcifying organisms, such as animals with shells, to form their skeletons, which are ultimately responsible for building the physical structure of the reef,» says Australian Institute of Marine Science research scientist, Dr Janice Lough.»

Not exact matches

But for Hegel such a subject can and must contain such contradictory predicates; indeed the subject - predicate paradigm is nothing other than an attempt to ignore such contradiction which affords mind its motion, and to rigidify, calcify, and compartmentalize a reality that is fluid and interconnected.

Dental calculus, also known as tartar, is a calcified form of dental plaque that acquires human DNA and proteins passively, primarily through the saliva and other host secretions.

This other toe — which felt every bit as much as its overstuffed human equivalent did, I should add — was attached to a 450 - pound western lowland gorilla, with calcified gums, named King.

One found that a chemical compound caused valve fibroblasts to become active, similar to what is observed during valve disease, but the other study indicated that the same compound prevented the cells from calcifying, indicating that a key piece of the valve disease puzzle was missing.

What they found was a hunk of calcified bronze gears and other fragments, along with a decayed wooden box that had housed the mechanism.

«There have been a lot of studies showing that under ocean acidification scenarios that corals and other organisms on the reef calcify at a slower rate,» Kline says.

The evolution of vision in vertebrates is an important theme in the history of animal life, however, aside from the calcified lenses of fossilised arthropods, other parts of the visual system are not usually preserved in the fossil record because the soft tissue of the eye and brain decays rapidly days after death.

Vitamins A, D, and K work in synergy to regulate calcium metabolism (among many other valuable functions in the body): specifically, to build strong bones and teeth (preventing and reversing osteoporosis and dental caries), and to mobilize calcium out of soft tissues where excesses often end up (especially the calcified plaque that causes hardening of the arteries).

I've read studies that say it is not (calcified arteries, and other scary stuff).

The condition may also result in calcified lumps in the skin, susceptibility to skin infections and diabetes, weakening of the heart and skeletal muscles, nervous system disease and other symptoms.

It was a great feeling when I finally received The Touch of Malice — an exotic scout — which requires you to complete the raid, collect 45 calcified fragments, and basically do a ton of other things.

Having finally achieved a certain compositional «tension» — the planes of pink, blue, white, green or orange conversing with each other in transparent layers — Tsao might finally chip off dense portions of calcified pigment with a small hammer.

The above quote from it references a 2007 study, «Climate - related increases in jellyfish frequency suggest a more gelatinous future for the North Sea,» that points out acidification will «severely affect calcifying plankton and other skeleton - forming organisms, so would potentially favor noncalcifying organisms such as jellyfish.»