Brighton Beach‚ Canterbury‚ New Zealand. A study in littoral ecology. Unpublished thesis‚ University of Canterbury‚ Christchurch. THORSON‚ G. 1946: Larval development of Danish marine bottom invertebrates. Meddr. Kommn. Danm. Fisk.og Havunders Ser. Plankton 4 (1): 1-523. WEAR‚ R. G. 1962: The lugworm Abarenicola assimilis as a laboratory animal. Tuatara 9 (3): 116-28. 1966: Physiological and ecological studies on the bivalve mollusk Arthritica bifurca (Webster‚ 1908) living commensally with the tubicolous
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The Pliocene is the fifth epoch of the Cenozoic. The epoch started around five million years ago and lasted almost three and a half million years. It is during the Pliocene that the first bipedal ancestors of humans are known to have evolved. Dramatic cooling and a drop in sea level impacted both marine and terrestrial life at the start of the epoch. The name Pliocene means "more recent” and this were the most recent epoch of Tertiary period‚ lasting from about 5 to 2 million years ago. Compared
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(Disruption). Methane warms up the Earth which increases the rate that methane is released back into the atmosphere. When CO2 in the atmosphere is absorbs by the ocean‚ decreasing the pH level of the waters‚ this is known as ocean acidification. This kills plankton‚ the basis of the ocean food chain‚ increasing the extinction of marine life. Ocean acidification is also a major issue for sea life like oysters‚ increasing the rate of their shells being dissolved. These our only a few of the examples of disruption
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effect on global climate as water has a high capacity for heat‚ and because the Earth is mostly covered with water‚ the temperature of the atmosphere is kept fairly constant and able to support life. The oceans contain several billion photosynthetic plankton which account for most of the photosynthesis occurring on Earth. Without these‚ there might not be enough oxygen to support such a large world population and complex animal life.! ! The climate and temperature of the aquatic biome is extremely
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Ecological succession is defined as a series of transitions in species composition over ecological time. The process of succession is termed primary succession when it involves establishment of a community in a newly-formed habitat where even soil does not exist‚ such as on a volcanic island or on the rubble left behind by a retreating glacier - imagine Long Island just after the last glaciers receded - the process of a community of organisms becoming established on the pile of bare rock that formed
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The Kingdoms of Life for Kids By Alex Felix Table of contents 1. Bacteria 2. Protists 3. Fungi 4. Plants 5. Plant reproduction 6. Animals 7. Simple animals 8. Arthropods 9. Fish 10. Birds 11. Mammals 12. Bibliography Bacteria What are Bacteria? Bacteria are single celled microbes that are very hard to see with the naked eye. The cell structure is m much simpler than other organism for that it has no nucleus or membrane
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Largest Landfill in the World Soon going to the will no longer be a vacation option unless you do not plan to swim. There will probably be a huge amount of plastic and trash in the water. This is due to the Pacific trash vortex. All of the plastic that has accumulated over the years had either eended up in a landfill or in the ocean. It is however‚ more likely that the trash has ended up in the ocean. Trash that people just toss in the water ends up in the ocean. Americans fail to
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Petroleum products are used widely in our everyday lives. They are used to power automobiles produce containers and to keep us warm. Petroleum‚ or crude oil is liquid composed of various organic chemicals. It is found in large quantities below the surface of Earth and is used as a fuel and as a raw material in the chemical industry. The word petroleum comes from the two Latin words "petro" and "leum" "petro" meaning rock and "leum" meaning oil. The chemical composition of all petroleum is principally
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Introduction The ocean has the oldest‚ most diverse‚ most numerous and least studied organisms on earth. It covers almost three fourths of our planet and has the potential to feed the world and supply cures for many diseases. Studying sea plants and animals is a challenge that is becoming easier due to advanced technologies such as deep-sea submersibles‚ sonar‚ lasers‚ videos‚ and satellites. In many cases‚ it ’s simply too hard to make a drug from scratch. The chemistry is too complicated. So
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BIO/GEO 353 - Marine Ecology - Spring 2013 – Syllabus and Course Description Note: The course web site is NOT on Blackboard. The URL is: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/bio353 For general information‚ consult the university academic calendar for spring. All downloadable exercises and assignments will be obtained from this URL. There will be no paper handed out in class after this syllabus. Please note: The powerpoint notes are not complete course notes and you cannot study only from
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