A Career in Marine Mammal Science Many people want to become involved with marine mammals such as sea otters‚ dolphins‚ seals‚ manatees‚ or whales. Perhaps such interest has been sparked by Flipper the dolphin on television or Keiko the orca whale in the popular movie‚ Free Willy. Interest in marine mammals has also been generated by the many underwater movies publicly pleading for protection of endangered whales. Others are just simply scientifically curious. At any rate‚ there are many reasons
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r Marine Biology is the study of ocean animals. Biology means is the study of life and marine means water. A marine biologist studies biology and chemistry. Marine biochemist studies biologically active compounds found in the ocean which are useful in medicine‚ or the genetics of marine species. The chemical properties of the ocean are important to understand because the marine environment supports the greatest abundance of life on earth. (http://marinebio.org/oceans/ocean-chemistry.asp) As
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How Humans Impact Marine Ecosystems Earth consists of many complex organisms that share and benefit from all of what the world has to offer. Conservation and protection of marine life is becoming more significant as humans better understand the importance of the oceans and how people have an affect on them. Just as people treasure and protect areas of land it is just important to treasure and keep the oceans safe. Marine life is becoming increasingly damaged because of threats from human activity
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What are the various ways that marine mammals are being killed and how is this killing affecting us? According to the World Wide Fund (WWF)‚ every year about 308000 whales‚ dolphins and porpoises die because of fishing gear like nets (2003). Other than the deliberate killing annually‚ these numbers of marine mammals die because of becoming entangled in nets and at times‚ drowning because of them. This is called ‘bycatch’; when an animal is accidentally caught as some other animal is trying to be
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A Marine NCO in my eyes is characterized by being a leader‚ hard worker‚ and well disciplined individual. I want to model myself after the great NCO’s that have inspired me since I have joined the Marine Corps. These Marines were there for me on every occasion. When I had just picked up LCpl I got in trouble during C school. After my Page 11 it was the NCO’s around me that kept me from giving up. The pushed me to try even harder and to learn from my mistakes to better myself. I want to be able to
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Cpl John Schmuckatelle Corporals Course 10-1 4th Squad “Embodiment of Marine Corps History and Traditions: The modern NCO” The modern Marine NCO is the embodiment of the Corps’ history and traditions for more reasons that can be mentioned in this essay. Before we dive into the reasons‚ we must understand what does that statement really means. It means to that the current generation NCOs represent as a whole‚ or rather becomes‚ the Corps’ history and traditions. NCOs are the ones who
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The Marine Corps core values are very important. Honor‚ courage and commitment are part of each and every marine’s dedication to his or her corps. The Marine Corps core values are the corner stone of the Marine Corps and have been passed on through generation to generation through classes and through example. They are the guiding principles and beliefs that give us strength‚ influence our attitudes‚ and regulate our behavior. They must be displayed not only on the field of battle but off as well
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C.K.L.E. I’ll write them in my own words and what they mean to me. I believe the LT judgment is the ability to weigh the starting‚ midway‚ and outcome of any decision and decide which would be best for his junior marines‚ which way would be able to incorporate the strength of his marines‚ be open for other suggestions too because there are so many angles that a situation can be looked at and you might miss something when someone might see it‚ and most of all be able to carry out the mission the most
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Being a marine biologist means that you are a disciplines in variety work areas such as biological oceanography‚ cellular biology‚ chemistry‚ astronomy‚ ecology‚ geology‚ meteorology‚ molecular biology‚ physical oceanography and zoology. However‚ many people who are familiar with the term marine biology only associate the term mostly with the dealing of physical properties of the sea and study of marine life‚ although many biologists study both. So when ask‚ what do marine biologists study‚ the answer
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