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    House of the Scorpion

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    avoiding it for so long. During this time‚ Matt found himself out of the country of Opium and into the sad slums of a neighboring city and‚ coming from a home where he was treated so graciously‚ Matt was astonished. He was sent to work harvesting plankton in a factory‚ rebelled against the staff‚ and escaped with help from a few newly acquired friends. He is taken from a castle on a hill‚ where Maria resided‚ and traveled back to Opium with her and her mother to terminate the country for the good

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    daily in the medusa. When provided much food they are spawned into the water column‚ settled off to fertilize they are then eventually settling out for a new hydro id colony. When reaching its growth of development to eat it intakes Crustacean‚ Zoo plankton core pods and crab zoeals. The natural Predators’ of the Aquaria Victoria are Voracious protozoan known as the lion mane jelly. When approached by one or more of there predators they tend to glow only to send out threats to protect themselves. The

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    Galápagos Iguana Essay

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    the Galápagos Islands provide a good environment for algae. The usual warming of the ocean is known as the El Niño phenomenon. In the ocean waters‚ the temperature‚ however‚ has risen to nearly 30 degrees‚ resulting in a big decrease in algae and plankton. As the water quality around the Galápagos Islands is deteriorating‚ the marine iguanas began to look for food on land rather than in the sea. Therefore or consequently‚ black and white iguanas‚ a hybrid of between the land iguanas and marine iguanas

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    Algae: Stigma; 1 flagellum; pellicle| Proto: cystostome 4. Baccillariophyta / Diatoms * Cell wall: pectin and silica * Planktonic * Produces DOMOIC ACID * Sediments; diatomaceous earth 5. Dinophyta / Dinoflagellates * Plankton * Fire algae * Alexandrium- red tide * Gambierdiscus toxicus 6. Oomycota / Water Molds * Carry photosynthesis; plant parasites * Phytophora (Potato Blight) 7. Charophyta / Stoneworts * Ancestor of mosses *

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    Hexacorallia

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    tentacles. These organisms are formed of individual soft polyps which in some live in colonies and can secrete a calcite skeleton. As with all Cnidarians these organisms have a complex life cycle including a motile phase when they are considered plankton and later characteristic sessile phase. It also includes the significant extinct orders of the rugose corals and tabulate corals. Octocorallia Octocorallia (also known as Alcyonaria) is a subclass of Anthozoa comprising ~3‚000 species of water-based

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    food and then scurry back to a spot where they can enjoy their feast peacefully. Their predators are any animal larger than them. For example‚ sharks‚ salmon‚ jellyfish‚ and squid feast off of Tunneling Mud crabs. These crabs depend on small fish‚ plankton‚ and even seaweed for a delightful meal. The competition with crabs is Crabs vs. Humans. Yes‚ crabs are very delicious to eat‚ but by removing so many from the ocean daily‚ we are ruining this animal’s environment and ecosystem. Crabs reproduce very

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    Asian Carp Essay

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    Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) The bighead carp‚ black carp‚ grass carp‚ and silver carp‚ collectively known as Asian Carp was first introduced in the United States in the 1970’s when catfish farmers imported them to maintain the plankton in their catfish ponds. The Asian Carp escaped the ponds during heavy floods and made their way into the Mississippi River and can grow 4 ft. long and weigh up to 100 lbs. Since this time the Asian Carp has multiplied and become a real problem for

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    OCEAN ACIDIFICATION‚ NO RED HOAX - 22 million tons of carbon is dumped into the ocean - Making seawater more acidic - Affecting plant life and marine life - Doing horrors to our marine fishing community Donald Trump‚ our very own cheeto president‚ is claiming all these horrors we are doing to our environment is not only true‚ but a hoax made by the Chinese. Not only is he an idiot for thinking this‚ but he is neglecting God’s green earth. For those of you who don’t know what Ocean Acidification is

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    Asian Carp

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    number of different problems. One problem is that they are hurting the health of our native fish species. Carp reproduce rapidly and also consume a lot of food. They can consume up to 20 percent of their body weight per day of organisms called plankton. Plankton plays a huge role in the aquatic environment of our native fish. Carp take away a lot of the food available for native species and also make the waters over crowded. There is no way to keep their population under control so we have to try to

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    The Geritol Solution What is the basis for Martin’s premise that seeding the ocean with iron would help combat global warming? The idea of stimulating plankton growth with iron grew out of the fertile mind of the late John H. Martin‚ an oceanographer at Moss Landing. Martin sought originally to explain a long-standing mystery concerning barren waters in the Antarctic‚ subarctic‚ and equatorial Pacific Oceans. With the abundant concentrations of nutritious nitrate and phosphorus in

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