Sentences with phrase «other marine organisms»

Researchers worldwide are studying how these types of mechanisms might work in other marine organisms such as tropical corals threatened by ocean warming.

Scientists also need to study the abilities of other marine organisms to adapt to a warmer, more - acidic world.

The team will now mimic other marine organisms with «elegant muscular structures».

At the same time, other marine organisms depend on these «ocean plants» to eat and survive in the ocean.

«Ultimately, if we are not careful, our energy system could make the oceans corrosive to coral reefs and many other marine organisms,» Caldeira cautions.

BP has won the right to see internal documents from academic researchers who worked on estimating the size of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which left seaweed and other marine organisms soaked in oil.

The discovery gives wider insights into future research on the mechanisms of symbiosis in other marine organisms such as giant tubeworms and giant clams.

An international study to understand and predict the likely impact of ocean acidification on shellfish and other marine organisms living in seas from the tropics to the p...

Omega fatty acids are naturally found in fish and other marine organisms like salmon, anchovies, krill and albacore tuna (among others) and are totally safe to give your pet.

The material that makes up pteropod shells is aragonite, a common mineral form of calcium carbonate, which is also secreted by other marine organisms to form external skeletal material.

But Aegirocassis, like a smaller and much older species of anomalocaridid, described last year, was a filter feeder that sifted millimeter - sized creatures — possibly including tiny crustaceans or the larvae of other marine organisms — from the water as it swam.

This is especially true for aragonite, the mineral used by corals and many other marine organisms to grow their skeletons.

A coral reef is a type of biotic reef that develops in tropical waters by the growth of coralline algae, hermatypic corals, and other marine organisms.

Ocean heat waves are happening more frequently and lasting longer, too — a potential major threat to coral reefs and other marine organisms, according to new research.

Anemones are solitary beings, though spot prawns and other marine organisms, such as the rockfish in the picture, gravitate toward them for habitat.

Through a partnership with graduate student Amy Wright of the Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, the team screened 4,400 chemical extracts derived from extracts of sponges and other marine organisms to see if they could kill the dormant tuberculosis bacteria.

Scientists have been isolating marine natural compounds from sea sponges and other marine organisms to find treatments for diseases such as cancer and tuberculosis.

In the marine environment are found gray whales, harbor seals and California sea lions as well as a multitude of fish species and other marine organisms.

The true locals have already taken to the new addition; fish and other marine organisms have already taken up residence.

This acidification negatively impacts corals and other marine organisms that build their skeletons and shells from calcium carbonate.

Other marine organisms that will also be among the first to show signs of corrosion from ocean acidification are those that construct external skeletons out of another variety of calcium carbonate, one that is rich in magnesium.