Search results for "Marine ecosystem" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
