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- * Salt wedge. River output greatly exceeds marine input; there is ... * Highly stratified. River output and marine input are more even, ...10 KB (1,449 words) - 04:23, 22 March 2024
- times by sailors and those involved with marine research to describe this ... Another important threat to the marine ecosystem is unregulated overfishing ...9 KB (1,422 words) - 15:39, 4 February 2023
- on limiting catch rather than proactive marine resource recovery measures ... modern era as each community, and their marine resources, became a part ...15 KB (2,206 words) - 17:26, 28 March 2024
- the coral reefs kills them, and ruins the ecosystem. Up to 42 percent of the ... for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider ...13 KB (1,964 words) - 18:09, 14 November 2021
- north into the Eurasian plate. A brief marine incursion marks the early ... due to more open landscapes (Haines 1999) Marine faunas became fairly modern ...6 KB (898 words) - 00:21, 18 November 2022
- in the skin. Eels generally are found in marine environments or, as in the ... eels) of the order Gymnotiformes; the marine family Cyematidae (bobtail ...9 KB (1,257 words) - 04:30, 21 November 2020
- is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA). in the world. In reality, it is a complex ecosystem comprising many billions ...18 KB (2,736 words) - 01:04, 21 January 2023
- floating houses, sustained by fishing and marine aquaculture (cultivating ... several geological states of orogeny, marine transgression and marine ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 23:30, 29 July 2023
- ecosystems, they also can be found in marine and terrestrial environments. ... (freshwater planarians), Maricola (marine planarians), and Terricola ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
- length, are found in both freshwater and marine ecosystems. They often have ... drift in bodies of water) (Todaro 2006). Marine species are found mostly ...12 KB (1,482 words) - 07:54, 23 January 2023
- (frogs), reptiles (turtles), and marine mammals (seals and whales ... of the Eastern Pacific. Most fisheries are marine, rather than freshwater; ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 17:27, 28 March 2024
- Eutrophication is the enrichment of an aquatic ecosystem with chemical ... bloom) disrupts normal functioning of the ecosystem, causing a variety of problems ...22 KB (3,105 words) - 06:56, 12 September 2023
- However, a larger function for the ecosystem also is served in recycling ... an organic component, and even live in marine ecosystems where they are ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 08:55, 15 January 2023
- which weighs heavily on the its marine environment. The Gulf of ... area is especially rich in coral and other marine biodiversity. It also contains ...15 KB (2,306 words) - 08:25, 8 January 2024
- in which an estimated 22 percent of all families of marine animals disappeared and some 57 percent of genera (McGhee 1996). While the placoderms ...8 KB (1,138 words) - 06:22, 24 November 2022
- The Belize Barrier Reef System offers a diverse ecosystem and more ... habitat for threatened species, including marine turtles, manatees, and the ...15 KB (2,336 words) - 08:54, 27 September 2023
- Limpet is the common name for any of the marine gastropod mollusks ... broadly applied as a common name for many marine and even some freshwater ...20 KB (2,800 words) - 08:45, 8 March 2023
- The Bering Sea ecosystem includes resources within the jurisdiction ... Sea green belt: Shelf-edge processes and ecosystem production," Fisheries ...15 KB (2,176 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- large fish populations at the moment, the marine habitat is constantly under ... that combined land travel with sections of marine travel were later eschewed ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- ;Commission on Ecosystem Management :IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management IUCN Commission on Ecosystem ...13 KB (1,829 words) - 13:27, 7 February 2023
- problems associated with changing a large ecosystem. ====Ebb generation==== ... the food chain, causing a general change in the ecosystem. ...18 KB (2,762 words) - 23:26, 30 April 2023
- Ecologically, they play a role in marine food chains, consuming krill ... Fur seals are a type of "eared seal"; that is, marine mammals ...12 KB (1,705 words) - 07:37, 23 January 2023
- Flounder is a common name for various marine fish in the Order Pleuronectiformes ... Flounders contribute value to ecosystem and humans. They are integral ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 17:43, 28 March 2024
- at an acceptable level for the aquatic ecosystem, precipitation also plays ... occurrences that contribute to its ecosystem. Towards the northern edges ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- species found in freshwater, brackish, and marine environments. is the only one that is exclusively marine, although Lontra felina ...15 KB (2,407 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- Marlin is the common name for several, large marine billfish in the ... Marlins serve important functions in the ecosystem and for humans ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 16:04, 6 November 2022
- streams, and rivers. There are no known marine representatives of the Daphnia ... but also playing a valuable role in the ecosystem and for humans. Ecologically ...12 KB (1,826 words) - 22:15, 25 January 2024
- Foraminifera may be planktonic or benthic, are mainly marine, and ... . They also can be used as indicators of ecosystem health. ...14 KB (1,865 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- * Ecosystem ecology, which studies the flows of energy and matter ... of ecology include ecological units, the ecosystem, energy flow, nutrient ...38 KB (5,612 words) - 18:02, 12 February 2024
- Albacore play a vital role in the ecosystem as integral to food chains ... The Marine Stewardship Council advises that albacore from the south ...9 KB (1,355 words) - 17:46, 19 December 2022
- fish, gastropods with the appearance of marine snails, and so on. Lake Tanganyika ... possess similar forms to that of many marine mollusks), crabs, shrimps ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 23:20, 21 October 2022
- Petroleum-based hydrocarbons can negatively impact marine life and ... Marine mammals exposed to oil spills are affected in many of the same ...11 KB (1,519 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- Chaetognatha is a phylum of small, slender, marine worms, generally ... they perform valuable service within the ecosystem while also meeting their ...12 KB (1,699 words) - 00:12, 4 December 2023
- of the animal biomass in almost all non-marine environments. In Queensland ... to the delicate balance of the natural ecosystem (Taylor et al. 2003). Insects ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 22:53, 5 February 2023
- plants can adversely affect the local marine ecosystem unless care is taken ... have claimed "is a major cause of marine pollution when dumped back ...20 KB (2,876 words) - 09:52, 29 January 2024
- Sea turtle (or seaturtle) is the common name for any of the large ... Sea turtles provide important functions for the ecosystem. They are ...29 KB (4,504 words) - 02:43, 21 April 2023
- or Atlantic shad. Although primarily marine, a number of species are ... etc.) but also provide a benefit for the ecosystem and human beings. ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 22:35, 1 January 2023
- wiley.com/journal/aqc Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems] Retrieved November 12, 2007. * Advances in Limnology ...8 KB (1,108 words) - 08:43, 8 March 2023
- factor in determining the nature of the ecosystem and soil. Although wetlands ... brackish or salt, including areas of marine water, the depth of which ...25 KB (3,675 words) - 18:28, 17 April 2023
- would be constrained to the smallest vessels. Most marine dredging operations require appropriate licenses from regulatory authorities, and dredging is ...15 KB (2,387 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- considered part of an endangered riverine ecosystem. Its paleontological significance ... Dinosaur Provincial Park boasts a very complex ecosystem including ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 15:24, 29 January 2024
- role not only in aquatic ecosystems, both marine and freshwater, where they ... **** Order Stomiiformes, including the bristlemouths and marine hatchetfish ...14 KB (1,774 words) - 17:27, 17 December 2022
- African continents, they are important to marine life, providing a key location ... Atlantic and are known for their abundant marine life and avian diversity ...21 KB (2,904 words) - 17:27, 26 March 2024
- are never truly independent of an ecosystem; groups or populations ... ===The ecosystem concept=== Ecosystem The first principle of ecology ...36 KB (5,345 words) - 01:14, 18 November 2022
- desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis), the marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus ... Iguanas provide values for the ecosystem and for humans. Ecologically ...14 KB (2,039 words) - 23:45, 4 October 2021
- Moray eel is the common name for any of the marine eels comprising ... Skin morphology and cytology in marine eels adapted to different ...12 KB (1,839 words) - 21:21, 9 November 2022
- can be found in aquatic (freshwater and marine) environments. ... decomposing organic matter, freshwater and marine environments, high in the ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 19:20, 9 November 2022
- name for any of the radially symmetrical, marine invertebrates comprising ... Box jellies are important components of marine ecosystems, capturing and ...18 KB (2,631 words) - 20:04, 20 November 2023
- receiving both ocean and river water. Its ecosystem makes it a favorite of ... Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic ...25 KB (3,903 words) - 03:20, 17 September 2023
- as the camas, than any other terrestrial ecosystem in the province's ... Canada in 1871, the 49th Parallel and marine boundaries established by ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- Fathom Five, Canada's first National Marine Conservation Area, is the ... of a Black oak savanna, an oak-meadow ecosystem. With virtually all oak ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 23:17, 21 October 2022
- one of the richest north temperate marine ecosystems in the world, ... one of the richest north temperate marine ecosystems in the world, ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- #039; preservation as an unspoiled ecosystem with unique floral and ... , listed migratory species or listed marine species under the Act. ...29 KB (4,147 words) - 22:20, 7 January 2024
- image of deserts. Another important ecosystem, High Plateau, is noted ... development, recent research has revealed marine shells in the sands of the ...13 KB (2,056 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- Few places are as biologically rich as the ecosystem that lies within ... Few places are as biologically rich as the ecosystem that lies within ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 23:51, 24 March 2024
- and dolphins, rhinoceroses, elephants, marine turtles, and the great apes. ... of an endangered species to an ecosystem, such as the repopulating ...22 KB (2,981 words) - 16:35, 5 January 2021
- Coral reef is the term for any fully marine, underwater ecosystem with a calcium carbonate foundation produced by the skeletons of living organisms ...54 KB (8,146 words) - 03:01, 8 January 2024
- Patagonia, Egypt, and South-East Asia. Marine fauna are best known from ... During the Eocene plants and marine faunas became quite modern. Many ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 21:20, 9 February 2022
- easily comprehensible to scientists. Its ecosystem responds quickly to external ... its post glacial development into a marine sea is still a subject of ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 18:07, 31 October 2023
- Krill (singular and plural) or euphausiids are small, shrimp-like ... it also fulfills a larger purpose for the ecosystem and for humans. Krill are ...32 KB (4,630 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- The bay forms a complex ecosystem that includes important habitats ... one of the planet's first identified marine dead zones, where hypoxic ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 18:31, 8 December 2023
- organism has value for the larger ecosystem in which it is immersed ... without the other, such as "gutless marine worms" that get nutrition ...33 KB (5,007 words) - 07:43, 24 October 2022
- small benthic invertebrates that live in both marine and fresh water environments. The term meiofauna loosely defines a group of organisms by their ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 23:37, 1 November 2023
- the world's southernmost forested ecosystem and protects five percent ... the extreme south of Chile and comprises marine areas, islands, fjords, channels ...25 KB (3,990 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- degree of erosion is healthy for the ecosystem. Excessive erosion, however ... are broader material benefits to the ecosystem, such as continuing the ...24 KB (3,723 words) - 21:23, 20 March 2024
- greater purpose by providing value to the ecosystem. Beyond the natural ecosystem ... Tunas are found in temperate and tropical marine waters worldwide ...16 KB (2,306 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- actually perform valuable roles in the ecosystem. They also provide benefit ... of the phylum Arthropoda. Most of the marine chelicerates are now extinct ...11 KB (1,536 words) - 02:13, 9 January 2023
- the world. They play an important role in marine food chains, consuming algae ... Columbia, the health of the coastal ecosystem has improved dramatically ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 17:33, 25 January 2023
- a large population of plant, bird, and marine life. Because most of the ... a large population of plant, bird, and marine life. Because most of the ...24 KB (3,618 words) - 22:40, 7 January 2024
- ecologically as an integral part of marine food chains. An adult female ... the adult halibut is near the top of the marine food chain. In the North ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- Ammonoid or Ammonites are an extinct group of marine animals of the ... Monks (2006) noted that ammonoids were major players in most marine ...20 KB (3,015 words) - 17:14, 26 July 2023
- can lead to a method of analyzing past marine environments by corings of ... Planktonic forms in freshwater and marine environments often exhibit ...26 KB (3,706 words) - 11:59, 29 January 2024
- Bartolomé is inhabited by Galápagos Penguins, sea lions, nesting ... 168 metres (551 ft). Fur seals, frigates, marine iguanas, swallow-tailed gulls ...33 KB (5,083 words) - 03:47, 18 April 2024
- Unfortunately, human activities cause marine pollution and can accelerate ... dumping the species into a new ecosystem. The adult species ride ...17 KB (2,604 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- is an internationally known bird and marine sanctuary. Seychelles has ... The marine life around the islands, especially the more remote coral ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- did she switch her majors to zoology and marine biology, not yet aware that ... her doctoral degree, particularly at the Marine Biological Laboratory in ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- plant fossils as well as the study of marine autotrophs, such as algae ... as a possible explanation for fossils of marine organisms that were found ...34 KB (5,105 words) - 06:23, 18 November 2022
- release of large numbers of mink in the ecosystem generally has negative ... mink, which may cause problems with the ecosystem when they escape. Mink ...24 KB (3,695 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- and the physical environment is a complex ecosystem with life and the physical ... coccolithophores (unicellular planktonic marine algae), which also happen ...30 KB (4,599 words) - 11:57, 4 December 2023
- ! width="200" | Biome Ecosystem Type ! width="50" | Area ... | Total marine | align="right"| 361.00 | align="right ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 17:55, 31 October 2023
- than by evaporation). Thus the Caspian ecosystem is a closed basin, with ... of the middle Caspian is hilly. A narrow marine plain separates the Caspian ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 14:23, 29 November 2023
- and may be found in both freshwater and marine environments. There are both ... benefits. They are integral to ecosystem food chains, are farmed ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 17:18, 12 February 2024
- Scallop is the common name for any of the marine bivalve mollusks ... and rays. The intricate harmony of the ecosystem is exhibited in the fact ...19 KB (2,833 words) - 02:31, 21 April 2023
- cobras provide values for both the ecosystem and for humans. Ecologically ... considered elapids, have adapted to a marine way of life in different ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 07:35, 14 January 2023
- transitioned back and forth from marine to non-marine sediments. ... in the heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact ...24 KB (3,641 words) - 19:45, 19 September 2021
- and reproduce, it also contributes to the ecosystem as well, acting as a form ... of basking sharks from archival tagging]. Marine Ecology Progress Series 248: ...14 KB (2,055 words) - 15:45, 25 January 2023
- based largely on the preserved and clean marine environment of the Sea. Its ... * McKinney, Frank K. The Northern Adriatic Ecosystem: Deep Time in ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- of the Arctic's central basins" Marine Biodiversity 41 (2011): 29–50 ... Endangered marine species in the Arctic Ocean include walruses and ...31 KB (4,598 words) - 06:22, 12 August 2023
- A variety of marine animals exist and rely, directly or indirectly ... schools, is the keystone species of the ecosystem of the Southern Ocean, ...41 KB (6,181 words) - 05:21, 31 July 2023
- but there also are terrestrial and marine species. Most leeches are ... Leeches provide values to the ecosystem and to humans. Ecologically ...20 KB (3,061 words) - 06:24, 6 March 2023
- Seahorse is the common name for any of the small, marine, upright ... Seahorses provide important values for the ecosystem and for humans ...26 KB (3,800 words) - 02:43, 21 April 2023
- provide an abundant food source for birds, marine mammals, and larger fish. ... to protect and preserve Assateague's ecosystem of wildlands, wildlife ...14 KB (2,153 words) - 04:57, 18 August 2023
- The ecosystem of the park preserves a number of threatened animal ... quot; and "equally remarkable" marine and land life, and was further ...31 KB (4,564 words) - 19:11, 16 April 2023
- Oceania, and occupy both freshwater and marine environments. They have a ... crocodiles also provide benefit for the ecosystem and for humans. Ecologically ...25 KB (3,728 words) - 20:22, 3 June 2020
- in the sea, which offers a wide range of marine habitats and ecosystems, ... diving. Many of these activities create marine pollution, and measures have ...69 KB (10,326 words) - 23:04, 22 April 2023
- of Lake Baikal (Eastern Siberia)] Geo-Marine Letters 23(3-4) (2003): 289 ... and biological tests on its unique ecosystem. Russian scientist and ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- of threatened species. The region's marine life also displays great ... native to Socotra. In contrast, the marine biodiversity around Socotra ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- Humans and Climate Destroy Reef Ecosystem] Earth Observatory, April ... Endangered marine species include the dugong, seals, turtles, and whales. ...15 KB (2,187 words) - 18:45, 7 February 2023
- The uniqueness of the islands' ecosystem gives them a very distinctive ... soon replaced by eco-tourism of whale and marine-life watching. Those who ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:18, 26 August 2023
- caribou, musk oxen, wolverines, and wolves, nine marine mammals such as sea lions, seals, and otters, and more than 160 migratory and resident bird species. ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 06:21, 12 August 2023
