An Ocean Habitat or sometimes refer to as a marine environment is a place in the ocean where plants and animals interact with the chemical and physical 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
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Topic: “An evaluation of the 2006 MT Solar 1 oil spill at the Guimaras Strait” Statement of the problem: The 2006 MT Solar 1 oil spill at the Guimaras Strait spilt 2.1 million liters of bunker oil into the sea. The immediate ecosystems have been direly affected. Background of the study: The researchers are rooting for this topic ever since it came to their thoughts. They are optimistic that this topic will be approved as they have the means to conduct this study: One of their group
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Off the Caribbean coast of Belize‚ between Mexico and Guatemala‚ lies the Belize Barrier Reef‚ the largest reef in the northern and western hemispheres. The reef is home to many species of coral reefs‚ coastal lagoons‚ seagrass meadows‚ and mangrove forests. It provides a habitat for a large number of fish species and many endangered animals. With global warming issues‚ local activities‚ and mass tourism threatening the very existence of the reef‚ the United Nations Educational‚ Scientific and Cultural
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large. This park includes coral reefs‚ islands‚ and mangrove forest in the Northern part of the Florida keys. Many dolphins‚ turtles‚ and pelicans live in the Biscayne Bay lagoon. The park is 95% water and the bay is the location of the mangrove forests. The park is about 172‚971 acres and has one of the largest and the first true florida keys‚ Elliot Key..Biscayne National Park has four major ecosystems. The four ecosystems are: the shoreline mangrove swamps‚ the shallow waters of biscayne‚ the coral
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Adger‚ W. N.‚ Kelly‚ P. M.‚ Ninh‚ N. H.‚ and Thanh‚ N. C.: 1997a‚ Property Rights and the Social Incidence of Mangrove Conversion in Vietnam‚ Working Paper GEC 97-21‚ Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment‚ University of East Anglia‚ Norwich‚ and University College London. Adger‚ W. N.‚ Kelly‚ P. M.‚ and Tri‚ N. H.: 1997b‚ ‘Valuing the Products and Services of Mangrove Restoration’‚ Commonwealth Forestry Rev. 76‚ 198–202. Barbier‚ E.: 1993‚ ‘Sustainable Use of Wetlands Valuing
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estimated 200‚000 barrels of oil (8.4million US gallons) spilled into the Atlantic Ocean from an oil industry facility and that damaged 340 hectares of mangrove (Nwilo and Badejo‚ 2005). Oil endangers fish hatcheries in coastal waters and as well contaminates the flesh of commercially valuable fish. In the Nigerian coastal environment a large areas of the mangrove ecosystem have been destroyed. The laws and policies passed by the government to protect the Nigerian marine coast are given in the following sections:
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Tilapia • Introduction • Natural distribution & biology • Where are they in Australia? • How did they get here? • What are their impacts? • What is I&I NSW doing? • How can you help? • References Introduction Tilapia are listed in the top 100 of the world’s worst introduced species. They are listed as noxious in NSW and possession and sale of live tilapia is prohibited with penalties of up to $11‚000. Tilapia is the common name given for fish from the genera Oreochromis‚ Sarotherodon‚ Serranochromis
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2. Mangroves Mangroves are various types of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes 25° N and 25° S. Importance of Mangroves a. Buffer Zone between the land and sea. b. Protect the land from erosion. c. Play an invaluable role as nature’s shield against cyclones‚ ecological disasters and as protector of shorelines. d. Breeding and nursery grounds for a variety of marine animals
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of his hand. We kayaked two miles to an island next to a big and beautiful mangrove. After we saw the mangrove‚ we hiked around the island to a big water fall. This waterfall was crystal clear‚ it was so tall I couldn’t even see the top‚ and it was glistening in the sun’s reflection. It was amazing. My family and I swam around the waterfall and also hiked to top of the waterfall. Finally‚ we went back to the mangrove and kayaked back to the island of Kauai. In fatigue‚ we went to a small
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coral reefs‚ mangroves‚ and seagrasses. As populations have increased‚ so have their needs for construction materials and living space. Excavation‚ dredging‚ and coastal conversion to accommodate coastal development have seen corals being extracted for reclamation and construction‚ especially in coastal villages. Mangroves have particularly suffered from coastal development‚ notably at the hands of the aquaculture industry. In the Philippines‚ aquaculture has reduced mangrove stands to only
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