Sentences with phrase «plankton life in the seas»

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The species, native to the Caspian and Black Sea basins, was well known on that side of the Atlantic for its ability to fuse to any hard surface, growing in wickedly sharp clusters that can bloody boaters» hands and swimmers» feet, plug pipes, foul boat bottoms and suck the plankton — the life — out of the waters they invade.

In this saltwater bay, Liittschwager photographed some of the smallest and largest types of life in his book, from plankton and worm and crab larvae all the way up to a sea lion pup and this Pacific harbour seal pup (Phoca vitulinaIn this saltwater bay, Liittschwager photographed some of the smallest and largest types of life in his book, from plankton and worm and crab larvae all the way up to a sea lion pup and this Pacific harbour seal pup (Phoca vitulinain his book, from plankton and worm and crab larvae all the way up to a sea lion pup and this Pacific harbour seal pup (Phoca vitulina).

Plankton algae form the basis for all life in the sea and a lower production of algae will result in a lower production of fish.

The shale, named for the town of Eagle Ford, TX, is a geologic remnant of the ancient ocean that covered present day Texas millions of years ago, when the remains of sea life (especially ancient plankton) died and deposited onto the seafloor, were buried by several hundred feet of sediment, eventually turning into the rich source of hydrocarbons we have today.The shale was first tapped in 2008 and now has around 20 active fields good producing over 900 million cubic feet per day of natural gas.

Despite their massive size, humpbacks, blue whales, and their brethren do harm to no other sea life except the plankton and krill they suck in through their screenlike baleen filters.

SEE ALSO Algal Blooms, Harmful; Algal Blooms in the Ocean; Carbon Dioxide in the Ocean and Atmosphere; El NiÑo and La NiÑA; Food from the Sea; Life in Extreme Water Environments; Human Health and the Ocean; Human Health and Water; Ocean Biogeochemistry; Ocean Currents; Plankton; Pollution by Invasive Species; Pollution of the Ocean by Sewage, Nutrients, AND Chemicals.

We will enclose in these mesocosms all the organisms that live in the sea water, including bacteria and plankton and will subject each bag to a different CO2 level in order to mimic what will happen up to 2100.

But seen the environmental global CRISIS of GLOBAL WARMING and its devastating climatological impact, I would recommend as an environmental policy - expert that Both NATURAL plankton will be bred in shallow waters as carbondioxide inhibitors in a large volume on the one hand and let nature goes its course in the seas and oceans so that sea - organisms / life - forms / mamals will not become extinct due to (for them) food poisoning.

In contrast to the image of whales vacuuming the world's commercial fish stocks, most whales live largely off krill, plankton, tiny crustaceans and deep sea squid.

If our climate continues to warm at today's rate, scientists expect North Sea plankton that respond to temperature cues to bloom even earlier in the coming decades.7 With a growing mismatch in life cycles among various species of plankton, as well as further climate - induced shifts in their abundance and distribution, effects on the North Sea ecosystem — including cod — are projected to be considerable.7, 8

Furthermore, scientists speculate that much of the carnage has occurred below the surface, and the toll on sea life is much greater than is being publicized — many believe that as many as 50 times more animals have been killed than have been reported, that the oil spill damaged fragile coral reefs, and that oil and dispresants are still stuck in the food chain, after being absorbed by zoo plankton and fish.