Loggerhead turtles have many significant adaptations to their current and past environments. Turtles of the family Cheloniidae have various morphological adaptations for aquatic life. Early turtles lost the capacity for aquatic propulsion by body and tail undulations when they developed a shortened‚ more rigid body form during the Triassic‚ as an adaptation for armored resistance to attack by predators. However‚ terrestrial body form with a carapace and walking-type limbs precluded aquatic locomotion
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I am a bottlenose dolphin. I live in tropical waters worldwide. I am a resident dolphin along the coasts of Georgia‚ Florida‚ Texas‚ Southern California and gulf of California. I love to live in a Coastal zone because is the most productive and valuable ecosystem in the earth. Carbon absorption‚ oxygen production‚ habit for creatures and biodiversecity‚ are just a few of the services‚ Many people think that I am fish because of my shape‚ but I am mammal. Unlike fish‚ I breathe through lungs not
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Imagine yourself diving in the ocean‚ as you get deeper and deeper the water gets colder and colder soon you reach the bottom of the ocean this part is called the Abyssal zone. You can’t see anything the water pressure is very powerful. You begin to wonder how the animals can live down here. In order to survive this ecosystem organisms must have adaptations. An ecosystem is the habitat or environment an organism lives in for example the ecosystem of the dumbo octopus is the abyssal zone. There
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Discoveries of sediment at Montara Beach This lab report is on the trip to Montara beach were we studied sediments on the coast line. In figure 1 it shows the location of Montara beach‚ which is located south of San Francisco near Pacifica. The purpose of the trip was to discover layers of sediment and understand the properties of them‚ like grain size‚ composite‚ organization and so forth. As shown in figure 2 you can see that Montara beach has quaternary sediment‚ meaning its sediment is younger
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Investigating the Control Dynamics of an Algae-Brine Shrimp Ecosystem 113437768 Introduction The purpose of this lab is to investigate whether an ecosystem consisting of marine algae and brine shrimp are controlled by top-down or bottom-up mechanisms. The terms top-down and bottom-up in the context of ecology describe which trophic levels are enforcing population pressures on the others. Thus‚ the top-down mechanism of control holds that consumers are responsible for determining the abundance of
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Riviera Nayarit: Best Places to Vacation There’s a hidden gem located in Mexico when it comes to vacations. Riviera Nayarit is one of the most beautiful tourist attractions and has plenty to offer. Surprisingly‚ there are many vacationers that pass up Riviera Nayarit for more popular destinations. After you visit for the first time‚ you will definitely see what they are missing out on. However‚ with 200 miles to choose from‚ there are plenty of options when it comes to vacations. This can make it
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INTRO Easter island also known as Rapa Nui‚ is located 4300 miles southeaste of Hawaii and covers roughly 64 square miles in the South Pacific Ocean. Scientists have discovered evidence that Râpa nui was first settled by polynésien fishermen. They had the disadvantage of living in one of the most fragile environment‚ at the highest risk of deforestation. Witch ment it wasn’t a very sastainable environment. The polynésiens came from the Asia tiwon aria and accsedently got to the island then they planed
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This table shows that the people smuggling to Australia is one of the most crucial issues faced by Australia through the Indian Ocean Region‚ especially in north-west part of Australia. Through 2009 and 2010‚ there has been a marked increase in the numbers of asylum seekers trying to enter Australia by sea‚ mostly across the Timor Sea and the northwest Indian Ocean. IUU fishing is a serious problem faced by Australia in the Indian Ocean‚ including off the Australia’s northwest coast. Increased world
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Fire Ants Create Floating Rafts to Face Flooding Mounds of fire ants can be found floating around waters in South Carolina. It is part of the tiny insect’s way of surviving the floods that have affected the state. In a video captured by WSAV 3 photojournalist Chris Murray‚ the ants are shown in a mound floating on top of flood waters near Charleston. WSAV 3’s reports that the ants use their claws‚ jaws and sticky pads on their legs to stick together. There is an oily fluid that keeps them on a
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in depth analysis of the Factors causing the Commercial Collapse of Atlantic Cod Somayeh Rasouli Student Number: 103548472 University of Windsor‚ Dr. Heffner Abstraction The commercial collapse of the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in 1992 had major ecological and socioeconomic implications that prompted the government to invest in research into management models of fisheries in order to prevent other collapses and recover the lucrative cod stocks. The factors that contributed to the cod collapsed
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