Save the Sea Turtles
Save the Sea Turtles
Laura Jo Dethloff
English/215
July 23, 2012
Donna Strong
Traveling the seas by day and night are the ancient sea creatures known as sea turtles. The deep blue waters are full of them from leatherbacks to loggerheads, and many more. The 100- pound enormous creatures are threatened or endangered at the hand of humans every day. With the tragic problems the world face today it is a wonder that people consider saving these animals.
Environmental conservatives and marine biologist are among the few people that are deeply concerned for these animals. Their concerns come from that the sea turtles demonstrate the ultimate lesson of ecology. The sea turtles link two vital ecosystems, beaches, and marine systems. Without the sea turtles, both the marine and beach ecosystems will weaken severely. This constant break down in the ecosystem causes a fast pacing chain effect to take place and humans are in the straight path of the chain link. Humans successfully use the powerful roaring seas as an important food source and humans use the sandy beaches for many family and personal activities. Sea Turtles have been thriving strong, steady, and living for many years, but they are on a continual verge of becoming extinct and the sea turtles need to be saved if human kind wants a future too. Sea turtles play a major role in the mass production of healthy sea grass. Sea grass is a type of submerged aquatic vegetation and this grass rapidly performs a variety of complex functions within the Earth’s ecosystem. In the ocean, sea grass serves as food, shelter, and in most bodies of water the sea bed is an essential nursery area to commercial and recreational fishery species as well as other types of invertebrates. Many invertebrates in the ocean provide tremendous business to the sea food industry. This widely large spread of sea vegetation is essentially important to the sea turtles diet. It is a major food
Laura Jo Dethloff
English/215
July 23, 2012
Donna Strong
Traveling the seas by day and night are the ancient sea creatures known as sea turtles. The deep blue waters are full of them from leatherbacks to loggerheads, and many more. The 100- pound enormous creatures are threatened or endangered at the hand of humans every day. With the tragic problems the world face today it is a wonder that people consider saving these animals.
Environmental conservatives and marine biologist are among the few people that are deeply concerned for these animals. Their concerns come from that the sea turtles demonstrate the ultimate lesson of ecology. The sea turtles link two vital ecosystems, beaches, and marine systems. Without the sea turtles, both the marine and beach ecosystems will weaken severely. This constant break down in the ecosystem causes a fast pacing chain effect to take place and humans are in the straight path of the chain link. Humans successfully use the powerful roaring seas as an important food source and humans use the sandy beaches for many family and personal activities. Sea Turtles have been thriving strong, steady, and living for many years, but they are on a continual verge of becoming extinct and the sea turtles need to be saved if human kind wants a future too. Sea turtles play a major role in the mass production of healthy sea grass. Sea grass is a type of submerged aquatic vegetation and this grass rapidly performs a variety of complex functions within the Earth’s ecosystem. In the ocean, sea grass serves as food, shelter, and in most bodies of water the sea bed is an essential nursery area to commercial and recreational fishery species as well as other types of invertebrates. Many invertebrates in the ocean provide tremendous business to the sea food industry. This widely large spread of sea vegetation is essentially important to the sea turtles diet. It is a major food