All types of marine life are important. Seaweed (海藻) and corals both play vital roles in the health of the ocean and the health of our communities. However in the same way that a mountain lion. Which provides a valuable service by hunting diseased or elderly deer, wouldn’t be ...
We examined the existence of temperature ecotypes in seaweed species from the North Atlantic Ocean belonging to different biogeographic groups. Temperature ranges for survival, growth and reproduction were determined in culture for a total of 68 isolates belonging to 18 species. From the data, the ...
Types of Sea Animals Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions What is the most common sea animal? Antarctic krill are the most abundant sea animals and one of the most abundant animals in the world. An estimated 400 million tons live in the Southern Ocean. How many types of sea animals ar...
The tiger shark is usually found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide and is a giant requiem shark. These types of sharks inhabit reefs and shallow water areas surrounding land masses. This shark has tiger-like stripes on its body. Hence, the name and these stripes fade with the shark...
Green seaweeds played1important part in the ocean, long before green plants took control of the land. According to a new study, the oldest green seaweed appeared about 1 billion years ago. Scientists have discovered the fossils of2is considered to be the oldest green seaweeds ever known. Even...
The integrated culture of seaweed, abalone, fish and clams in modular intensive land based systems: II. Performance and nitrogen partitioning within an abalone (Haliotistuberculata) and macroalgae culture system Aquacult Eng., 17 (1998), pp. 215-239 View PDFView articleView in ScopusGoogle Scholar...
Oxygen is a very important gas in the ocean because of its role in biological processes. Marine plants such as phytoplankton , seaweed, and other types of algae produce organic matter from carbon dioxide and nutrients through photosynthesis , the process that produces oxygen. The upper 10 to 50...
"Plankton" in marine biology means any plant or animal that is too small to swim against the ocean's currents. They are a keystone species for many marine food webs and provide food for numerous other organisms like large whales, fish, and crustaceans. What are the 3 types of plankton?
ranging from 5 feet to 20 feet (1 m - 6 m) thick.[2]They range in color from greyish[2]to chocolate[7]to black.[2]Some sea serpents have a mane down their necks, similar to a horse;[3]others have heads shaped like those of a horse and the mane presented resembles seaweed.[2...
anoceanor on some sections of the ocean dedicated to aquaculture. It could also be carried out in cages, ponds and raceways which contain sea water but are separate from the ocean body. Organisms bred in this type of aquaculture include: prawns and other shell fishes, seaweed, mollusks etc...