Essay Of the Differences Between Desert And Coral Reef Coral reef and Desert ecosystem. The coral reef and desert ecosystem can be very similar or very different.The difference between the biotic and abiotic factors in the coral reef and the desert the ones in the coral reef live under water ‚and in the desert none of them live under water only some of the fish do. Some of the biotic animals in the coral reef are dolphins and seals. bivalves‚ gastropods‚ tunicates‚ sponges‚ polychaete and feather
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Mastigias papua‚ most commonly known as the “Golden Medusa” or “lagoon jelly” is one of the many jellyfishes in the class Scyphozoa. This species of jellyfish is unique because they can be found in bays‚ lagoons‚ and harbors‚ but are most commonly found in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean. While in its habitat the jellyfish follows the sun from west to east until it reaches the shadows formed by the shore. Since this type of jellyfish has very little muscular movement by itself‚ it must be carried
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The Enhydra lutris or sea otter are local to the coasts of the North Pacific Ocean‚ ranging from Canada to Southern California and even Mexico. This species ranks as the second smallest marine mammal in the animal kingdom and is known for its dense fur coat‚ as opposed to a layer of blubber (http://www.defenders.org/sea-otter/basic-facts). The sea otter is a keystone species. A keystone species is “a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend‚ such that if it were removed the ecosystem
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The Great Barrier Reef is the longest in the world system of corals located off the northeast coast of Australia‚ bordering with Coral Sea. Reefs numbered whole area of 2.01 km. the coast of Queensland. The simple marine animals called corals inhabit the Great Barrier Reef for more than a thousand years. 3‚000 is the number of individual coral reefs‚ plus 300 small coral islands‚ forming the largest structure in the world‚ composed of living organisms. This intricate coral formations has an area
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The Sea Spider is one of the millions of different creatures that live in the some of the coldest waters‚ and around 7‚000 meters down in the oceans of Arctic and Antarctic‚ as well as the Caribbean and Mediterranean seas. Sea spiders have over 1300 know different species‚ some species include names like Pantopoda or Pycnogonids. Usually these species are categorized as Arthropods and the sea spiders are under the class of Pycnogonida. The sizes of the sea spiders range between 1 millimeter to over
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In the article‚ “Sunken Steel Cages Could Save Coral Reefs”‚ Gaia Vince discusses that sunken steel cages may help restore endangered coral reefs. First‚ Vince explains how the steel cages are showing results for the endangered reefs. Carbon dioxide is above the level that it needs to be‚ and that is part of why coral reefs are going extinct. The metal cages do not fix that problem‚ but they appear to show results. The steel cages are connected to a long electrical cable that triggers a chemical
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Snails‚ clams‚ squids‚ chiton. Is it possible that they may all be related in some way? Could they come from the same family tree? How does an octopus related to an oyster other than living in water? Yes it is very true that all of the above named specimen evolved from the same ancestor. The hypothetical ancestral mollusk has evolved into so many different species that are adapted to live in a variety of environments. Among the many species clams and snail‚ land snails in particular‚ have evolved
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Hexacorallia The subclass Hexacorallia includes 6 orders: Actiniaria (true sea anemones)‚ Antipatharia (black corals)‚ Ceriantharia (tube anemones)‚ Corallimorpharia‚ Scleractinia (true or "stony" corals)‚ and Zoanthidea. Hexacorallia includes roughly 4‚300 known extant species. As the name suggests‚ most hexacorallians have hexamerous symmetry (i.e.‚ parts in multiples of 6). The most familiar group of corals‚ the reef builders‚ includes around 650 extant species (i.e.‚ around half the known stony
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The Orangespotted Sunfish (Lepomis humilis) is often confused with other sunfishes. This species is classified in the class Actinopterygii‚ order Perciformes‚ and family Centrarchidae. One characteristic that makes them stand out from other fishes are their black and orange spots. Also‚ their operculum is lined with a solid white band. Nine to ten bars can be identified on this fish. The bars on the female have a light center‚ which is a way of gender identification when the males are outside of
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Climate Change Impacts on the Ocean Climate change has widespread effects. It doesn’t just affect weather and temperature. It will also have lasting effects on the ocean and the ecosystems within it. Coral reefs get hit hard by the temperature of the water getting warmer. “Warming of as little as 1°C causes coral bleaching‚ a state in which the tissues of the coral become colorless because of the loss of the zooxanthellae”(Hoegh-Guldberg‚Donner‚pg. 9‚ par 3). This bleaching can stress the reefs
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