I learned early on to appreciate nature in all its raw beauty and complexity. Those contrasting experiences ignited my passion for art and the ocean’s mystery, inspiring me to create designs that protect and celebrate our blue planet. After witnessing coral reefs disappear under scorching summers...
After coral reefs, mangrove forests have the highest productivity among the coastal wetlands. With regard to biodiversity, mangroves support a unique group of fungi, microbes, plants and higher animal species including several species of migratory water birds. Such unique wetlands are in peril due ...
Why are coral reefs in shallow water? Why is physical oceanography important? Why is the ocean warming because of climate change? Why do surface waves break along the shore? Why are jellyfish not affected by ocean acidification? How does freezing and evaporation affect salinity?
activation of the cytoprotective mechanisms to maintain branchial cell viability is important for fish upon stresses. Salinity is one of the major factors strongly affecting cellular and organismal functions. Reduction of ambient salinity may occur in coral reef and leads to osmotic stress ...
The salinity of seawater is higher in subtropical regions than at the equator because of what? What is the difference between an ocean and a sea? What is relative sea level? How big is the Coral Sea? What is the average temperature in coral reefs?
Coral reefs also contains large amount of salts. Also some salt leave the ocean through the process of evaporation. As salt escape into the atmosphere, they go into the creation of rain drops. This is why the coast received more rain than land area. You see, more salt existence in the ...
The recruitment of plant microbiomes is thought to be governed by a combination of random processes (Hubbell, 2001) and selective properties related to the niche (Peterson et al., 2011), analogous to the competitive lottery model proposed for the coloniza- tion of coral reefs (Sale, 1979). ...
Coral Reefs 33, 169-180.Pretet, C., Reynaud, S., Ferrier-Pages, C., Gattuso, J., Kamber, B. S. and Samankassou, E. (2014) Effect of salinity on the skeletal chemistry of cultured scleractinian zooxanthellate corals: Cd/Ca ratio as a potential proxy for salinity recon- struction. ...
The ocean sunfish, for example, can be found floating at the surface of the water in the Pacific Ocean. A large fish (up to a few hundred kilograms), it has small fins and limited mobility. Moray eels hide in holes in rocks or coral reefs and spring out to grab prey that swim by....
How do changes in salinity affect marine organisms? Does overfishing affect coral reefs? How are coral reefs affected by ocean acidification? How does regional climate affect ocean salinity? How does ocean acidification affect adult marine animals?