Sentences with phrase «shallow seas around»

From this they conclude sea cucumbers could — perhaps — help improve the resilience of shallow seas around reef system to ocean acidification — as long as these waters don't mix too much:

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In the warm, shallow waters of the Caribbean Sea, especially in the coral reefs around Cuba, lives a species of sea anemone called Stichodactyla helianthSea, especially in the coral reefs around Cuba, lives a species of sea anemone called Stichodactyla helianthsea anemone called Stichodactyla helianthus.

Through phylogenetic analysis, the research team discovered that modern deep - sea mussels are the descendants of shallow - water mussels, and their ancestors migrated to the deep sea approximately 110 million years ago, providing evidence to support a hypothesis that their ancestors survived through an extinction event during the global anoxia period associated with the Palaeocene - Eocene Thermal Maximum which occurred around 57 million years ago.

«Modelling has been used to help develop forecasting systems to predict flood risk around the shallower southern regions of the North Sea, where the coastal margin is low - lying and population density is high.

Maybe a cruise around the Arctic region (beautiful year - round) or running with the bulls (even for a short distance can be exhilarating) or maybe experience that shallow sea diving adventure.

The sea is fairly shallow, visibility never crystal clear but this doesn't affect the caliber of the dive sites.We offer diving all year around with sea temperatures of 26 - 30C and visibility 10 - 20 meters.

The eastern North Pacific stock of gray whales prefers shallow, coastal waters and feeds over oceanic continental shelves around the northern Bering and southern Chukchi seas between Alaska and Russia during the summer.

The first deposition of limestone was around 200 million years ago and the second period was around 50 million years ago when most of the land in the country was submerged in a shallow sea.

The resident green sea turtle (Chelonia Mydas) population is one of the highlights of diving around the Gili Islands and you'll find large numbers of them on the surrounding shallow reefs.

It features fine white sand, crystal - clear shallow seas (ideal for younger kids), and you can walk around the coast to find your own secluded corner.

As you dive around the rocks and pinnacle, you'll probably be accompanied by sea lions and may find sea horses in the shallows.

This is a very shallow reef network with a sandy sea floor at around 14m with the reef rising to a couple of metres below the surface.

Ocean waters around Antarctica have warmed steadily for the past 50 years, but in addition to that, the region's shallow seas are also heating up, more quickly than others.

Sea levels peaked around 6000 years ago, allowing an increased flow of warm, nutrient - rich «Pacific Water» across the shallow Bering Strait into the western Arctic.

Q: Is there any evidence that a shallow sea returned to parts of the east / south Cretaceous Seaway bottom area (FL, MS, LA, TX, OK, MO, IA, west MN, Manitoba) around the time of the PETM?