features of the environment. An Ocean habitat is a place where communities of organisms live. The three main ocean habitats of the ocean are the open water‚ the soft sandy to muddy bottom and the hard shore. Examples of ocean habitats are the coral reefs‚ the estuaries and the abyssal zone. Habitats can be classified in a number of ways in order to compare them at different times‚ across different geographic areas‚ and in terms of different life history strategies. Habitats are as varied as the
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in the waters south of Florida. The park is made up of four ecosystems that include the mangroves‚ the Florida Keys‚ the coral reef‚ and Biscayne Bay. Biscayne National Park is home to large numbers of threatened and endangered species of plants and animals both above and below the water’s surface. Biscayne National Park also protects one of the world’s longest coral reefs and the longest mangrove forest. Biscayne National Park‚the largest marine park in the National Park Service‚ is important
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industry‚ tourism has its downside. Negative effects caused by tourism industry can be very costly to the country and its population. For the island of Jamaica as well as other islands‚ the effects include pollution animal and plant extinction‚ coral
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Pharmaceuticals Harbors and transportation routes Coastal habitats for humans Recreation Employment Offshore oil and natural gas Minerals Building materials Types of Marine Ecosystems Estuaries Salt marshes Rocky shores Sandy Shores Coral reef Mangrove swamp Barrier islands Estuaries An area in which fresh water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean; a transition area from the land to the ocean. Other names: bay‚ sound‚ lagoon‚ harbor‚ or bayou. Characteristics of
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convincing arguments‚ well summarized‚ critically analysed and synthesized (e.g. of convincing arguments: some scientists have provided evidence of how the impact of Global Warming can be seen in the coral reef of Australia. They have showed pictures of the way it was 20 years ago and nowadays. 80% of the coral has already died.) AIMS 1. The goal/objective of the research paper explained in the form of questions (e.g.1 How Global Warming is affecting biodiversity in tropical forests?) (e.g.2 How Global
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Overfishing is a major problem that affects the ecosystem and it occurs when fishing activities reduce fish stocks below an acceptable level. Overfishing can occur in any body of water from a pond to an ocean. Overfishing is also a non-sustainable use of oceans. The populations of many commercial fish species are severely depleted because of overfishing. Overfishing originated after World War II‚ which lead to expanding markets‚ newer technologies‚ and increased accuracy in finding fish (The Nature
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On an ordinary day when we would see a cockroach or a small insect walking across the kitchen floor‚ the first and only thing that would flash into our mind is to get our hands on an insecticide and kill that blameless insect. From these little innocent insects in our homes we have moved to killing cows‚ pigs and turkeys to fulfil our dinner plates because we specifically farm them for food‚ therefore cause no change to the environment. What more do we now desire? What more do we human beings now
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we have studied and drawn up. The problem with taking these very important ions out of the water is that they are one of the two compounds that calcifiers‚ very small organisms‚ need to survive. Calcifiers‚ which are the base of pretty much every coral reef on the planet‚ need to make shells which is part of their colonies skeleton. This leaves a decision for calcifiers to make: should I expend more energy capturing the decreasing amount of carbonate ions or just give up. Studies show that most calcifiers
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been an increase in invertebrate attacks on coral communities in marine parks‚ the result of over harvesting of predators and an imbalance in the marine ecology‚ Chu said. Clusters of delicate marine organisms form coral reefs in a process that may take millions of years. The reefs are built up from the calcium carbonate‚ secreted by tiny animals which secrete the bone like material as an exoskeleton. Often called the rainforests of the sea‚ coral reefs are some of the most diverse ecosystems on
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be developed. The coral atoll features a rich marine life and has been designated as a national park by the Taiwan’s government because of its unique geographical and ecological features. park by Republic of China (R.O.C.) 1. A Brief History Dongsha history can be traced back to Jin Dynasty’s Guangzhou Ji by Pei Yuan 裴淵《廣州記》over a thousand years ago: “The Shanhujhou (Coral Sandbar) is 500 li south of the county (Dongguan‚ Guangdong). People catch fish and harvest coral from the seas there”
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