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    Ocean Habitats

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    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 animals

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    meters depth on board of a real submarine. Go for a once in a lifetime experience and discover the beautiful marine life and the underwater world of Mauritius! As part of the submarine trip will get to visit a shipwreck‚ explore the rich coral reefs of Mauritius‚ and observe and encounter various species of fish. This is a wonderful experience for everyone visiting Mauritius. You will get to experience what you only dream about‚ when going underwater and staring into the crystal clear Indian

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    Coral Reef Bleaching Coral reef bleaching‚ which is the whitening of diverse invertebrate taxa. The cause of the whitening is “from the loss of symbiotic zooxanthellae and/or a reduction in photosynthetic pigment concentrations in zooxanthellae residing within the gastrodermal tissues of host animals.” (P.W.Glynn) The reason why coral reef bleaching is such a concern is because the “consequences of bleaching large numbers of reef-building scleractinian corals and hydrocorals.”(P.W.Glynn)

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    In the article “11 Billion Pieces of Plastic Are Ridding Corals with Disease”‚ Ed Yong interviews two microbiologist‚ Joleah Lamb and Rebecca Vega Thurber‚ on how plastic is destroying our coral reefs. Lamb states that plastic that sits on top of coral can cause disease to take over that part of the coral and spread. A study that was performed by Lamb showed that on average 4% of coral is affected by a disease‚ but 89% of coral that comes into contact with plastic is affected. There are many different

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    Shark Loss Research Paper

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    Another example is coral reefs which serve as a home to thousands of fish in the ocean such as the parrot fish. Parrot fish eat coral reefs and if they don’t have a predator to control their population size it could be detrimental to the coral reefs. The parrot fish would become overpopulated and all these fish would eat away the coral reefs. (TEDxYouth). The ocean’s ecosystems would collapse without coral reefs. Many species are at risk of extinction without coral reefs; even humans would be impacted

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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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    Under the Sea is an area where most of the world’s mysteries are found and figured out. It’s a place where people go to go on an adventure‚ and it’s a place where people take time to find out new things and where some figure their futures out. The Sea‚ however‚ isn’t just a place to discover yourself‚ but a place where you can also discover new animals. Animals like: The Anglerfish The Anglerfish is probably the most known fish‚ mainly because of it’s appearance in Finding Nemo. The anglerfish mainly

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    as the top. Unfortunately if something isn’t done soon this beauty of nature will be destroyed. In Meera Dolasia’s article “Ingenious Coralbots May Help Restore Coral Reefs” she develops the use of technology to save the coral reefs as a strong central idea. To begin‚ the use of technology to help lower the risk of these coral reefs being destroyed is a

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    The Ocean matters. The coral reef is a home to more than 3‚000 species of fish‚ 700 species of hard coral and around 100 other species. Scientists say that there could be 1-8 million undercovered species. If not protected all these species have nowhere to go and the undiscovered species will likely not be discovered. We cannot let these species die a whole ecosystem will be lost. Ocean Conservancy was created in 1972‚ they offer 2‚300‚000 jobs to people. Over the 25 years the organization was

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    LIVING COASTAL RESOURCES OF THE ASEAN REGIONAND DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF LIVING COASTAL RESOURCES Living coastal resources are found within major coastal ecosystems consisting of coral reefs‚ mangroves‚ seagrass beds‚ benthic systems‚ and estuaries or lagoons. Coastal ecosystems‚ particularly estuaries and inshore marine waters have the highest rate of primary production as compared to terrestrial and oceanic regions. Daily gross production rate in terms of grams of

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