Sentences with phrase «pteropods with»
During a survey in August 2011 along a stretch of the continental shelf from northern Washington to southern California, researchers found a high percentage of pteropods with dissolving shells.
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The top photo shows a healthy pteropod with a transparent shell and smoothly contoured shell ridges.
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Anything with a calcium carbonate shell, from microscopic plankton to clams and oysters to pteropods.
If you google «ocean acidification,» the first 3 websites presented according to «Google's truth rankings» are: 1) Wikipedia, 2) NOAA's PMEL site featuring the graphic cartoon shown below with a dissolving pteropod shell (a sea butterfly) as the icon of ocean acidification, and 3) the Smithsonian's Ocean Portal site similarly featuring a dissolving sea butterfly shell.
Why didn't they try the experiment with a living pteropod?