Sentences with word «sargassum»

Unsual sargassum trigger fish can be spotted in the deeper area.

«Some of the frontal zones contained nothing but lumps of tar lined up just like you usually see sargassum.»

But last summer, Witherington went in search of the young turtles in the offshore zone where currents converge and produce «fronts», narrow bands of floating sargassum weed and debris.

It detected a whistle for sargassum, or seaweed, which she and her team had invented to use when playing with the dolphin pod.

Higher water temperatures near the Equator could reduce winds and current, allowing sargassum to accumulate before being carried by currents to the north.

Besides the stench and residue left by decomposing sargasso also known as sargassum, there are a couple of other differences.

The unusual sargassum trigger fish can be spotted in the deeper areas with the odd barracuda.

The turtles» normal diet consisted mostly of jelly - like invertebrates, larval shrimps and crabs, and sargassum.

When the computer picked up the sargassum whistle, Herzing heard her own recorded voice saying the word into her ear.

Herzing is quick to acknowledge potential problems with the sargassum whistle.

When we visited, a brown seaweed called «sargassum» had invaded many of the Riviera Maya's shores, making swimming unpleasant along several beaches.

«The open sea is like a desert, and sargassum is an oasis in that desert» — Blair Witherington, Research Scientist Have you seen this...

If you're worried about an upcoming trip, it's well worth checking out SEAS, the sargassum early advisory system.

When ocean conditions are ripe, pelagic (i.e., living in the open ocean) sargassum can form «islands» a few acres across (3 - 5 ft. deep).