Sentences with phrase «seafloor habitats»

In the abyssal realm, seafloor habitats under areas of deep - water formation (e.g., those in the North Atlantic and Southern Oceans) could experience a maximum decline in O2 concentration of 0.03 mL L — 1 by 2100 (i.e., a 0.5 % drop from current levels; Tables 2, 3; Figures 2, 3).

Bathyal seafloor habitats in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, Arctic and Southern Oceans could experience a reduction in bottom - water oxygenation by 0.03 — 0.05 mL L — 1 by the year 2100 (Table 2; Figure 2), which represents a reduction in water column O2 levels by 0.7 % — 3.7 % (Table 3; Figure 3).

How Jules» Lodge — once a state - of - the - art, research - oriented seafloor habitat of Koblick's design — came to be a novelty underwater hotel in a lagoon says a lot about the struggle to keep the concept of manned sea dwellings alive.

Professor Russell Wynn of NOC, who led the project and is on part - secondment to Defra, said: «The vibrant cold - water coral reefs and associated fauna in The Canyons MCZ provide a rare example of relatively pristine seafloor habitat within English waters.

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So he went looking for entrepreneurial solutions to creating underwater habitats: school bus — size seafloor shelters that give aquanauts a pressurized, climate - controlled base, just as the International Space Station gives astronauts a hospitable home in orbit.

The key for Koblick is that archaeology could underwrite new habitats, providing a money model for bases on the seafloor.

The finding was a revolutionary advance that changed what could be done on the seafloor — provided, of course, that divers, once saturated, had a properly equipped, pressurized habitat as a dry shelter.

The findings are relevant to assessing the possible ecological impacts of seafloor mining — scientists must account for the uniqueness of local geology and chemistry and not assume that a common supply of animal larvae will colonize and restore neighboring habitats.

The bizarre habitat gleamed in the lights of an underwater robotic probe as it explored the environs of a seafloor spring spewing water at superhot temperatures — known as a hydrothermal vent.

Whatever the reason, these differences in colonization from one wood fall to another created a wide variety of habitats and animal communities over a relatively small patch of seafloor.

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Even their carcasses, dropping to the seafloor, provide habitat for many species that only exist on these «whale falls.»

The National Research Council described dispersant use in 2005 as «a conscious decision» to direct hydrocarbons to one part of the marine ecosystem, «decreasing the risk to water surface and shoreline habitats while increasing the potential risk to organisms in the water column and on the seafloor.»

Bottom trawling, a fishing method which involves dragging giant nets and chains across the seafloor, damages fragile corals and sponges which provide habitat for fish and creates scars on the ocean bottom which can even be visible from space.

They damaged the seafloor and maimed coral and kelp forests — vital nursery grounds for fish and shellfish — crippling the habitat necessary for a healthy marine ecosystem.