of dumping garbage‚ sewage‚ waste chemicals‚ and construction debris into the ocean. Entanglement is a large factor in the deaths of marine animals and is also the most common. Entanglement “kills through drowning‚ strangulation‚ dragging‚ and reduction of feeding efficiency” (Moore‚ 132). The most common types of marine debri that cause this are fishing gear‚ balloons‚ and plastic bags‚ because they are easily wrapped around the marine animals necks and feet.
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Zoo plankton -Feed on phytoplankton -Weak swimmers Which includes: 1. Copepods 2.Krill 3.Phylum Cnidaria 4.Phylum Ctenphora 5.Salps 6.Larvaceans 7.Phylum Chaetognatha 8.Mollusks and Annelids Copepods -Phylum Arthropoda -Subphylum Crustacea -Exoskeleton that is molted -Segmentation -Jointed appendages -One of most dominant groups of zooplankton -Active filter feeders -The head has a single central eye and two antennae. Krill -Phylum Arthropoda -Subphylum Crustacea
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population there is about 64‚792 people. The island is so popular with its captivating beaches‚ giving the tourists the best view from Pantai Cenang‚ Pantai Buray Bay and Pantai Kok. The waters around the island are crystal clear and rich with world of marine life‚ suits for activities like snorkeling and scuba diving. Like many legends from other state of the country‚ Langkawi is famous with its own legend‚ about a village maiden named Mahsuri‚ who was wrongly accused for adultery and then it was said
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the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that’s in the North Pacific Ocean. It also explains how 80% of the debris is plastic that floats for hundreds of miles until it’s caught up in a gyre. I would use this article to show how plastic ends up there and is broken down by sunlight and salt and ingested by fish and birds. Blomberg‚ Lindsey. By the Numbers‚ The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. NOAA Marine Debris Program. HYPERLINK “http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/faqs.html” This article is about large
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especially larger companies where employees may not see or communicate with each other on a daily basis. When I was in the Marine Corps‚ every six months we had a mandatory fun day. The families of all Marines were invited to come. The officers and high ranking staff members would grill hamburgers and hot dogs for the Marines and their families. It is a tradition that the lowest ranking Marine eats first. It was easy to notice how the cohesion within our unit or battalion increased when these days occurred
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So‚ if it doesn’t stops existing‚ where is all the plastic? It just becomes microscopic and may be eaten by tiny marine organisms‚ entering the food chain. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre between Hawaii and California‚ also known as the Trash Vortex‚ is twice size of France‚ or size of Texas‚ which is six times the amount of plankton in the ocean made of plastic debris. Costumers of plastic don’t know about how dangerous can be the use of plastic irresponsibly. Every time we throw
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Lawrence E. Hawkins. Oceans. Firefly Books Ltd.‚ 2005. Lake‚ Sanoe and Steven Jarett. A Guide To The Surfing Life. New York: Time Warner Book Group‚ 2005. Electronic Sources: E X T O X N E T. March 2009. 16 May 2010 Kennedy‚ Jen. Plastics in the marine Enveronment or‚ ‘Plastics Are Gross!’ May 2008. 16 May 2010 Encyclopedias: “polychlorinated biphenyl”. The Columbia Encyclopedia. The Columbia University
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the years the pollution has gotten worse. In the last few years like in 2008‚ global plastic consumptin has been estimated at 260 million tons. It is estimated that in the year 2015‚ 297.5 million tons of plastic debris will be in the water. Last year 150‚ 000 tons of marine plastic debris ended up on the shores of japan and 300 tons a day on indias coasts. What we have to accept is that plastic never goes away and harms the environment very badly. Think about the things used in peoples daily lives
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Reflection: 1 powerhead The tasks were to remove the power head from the outboard and completely dismantle it referring to the work book‚ text book and tutor instructions on how to get the job done. We had to clean all the components and inspect the condition. We removed the power head from the outboard and placed it on the table so it would be easier to work on it sitting down rather than standing in front of the outboard‚ I have learned that if it’s going to take more than a couple hours to complete
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recognizes that sustaining an abundant marine life is challenge especially when there are natural and man-made threats to aquatic habitats and fauna communities. DPI identifies three of the leading threats to fish habitats such as urban development and the growing demography; agriculture‚ urban and industrial developments in estuarine areas and land use. These threats impact mangroves‚ seagrass‚ saltmarsh and coastal lagoon communities which serve as refuge to marine species. Land clearing‚ dredging
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