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Seal Conservation Society: 1997 News Digest
Norwegian 1997 Seal Hunt Figures Morbillivirus found in Mediterranean Monk Seals Shrinking sea ice threatens Arctic seals 19 August 1997 Finland announces autumn seal cull Sweden to ... Shrinking sea ice threatens Arctic seals - Scientists have warned that rising sea temperatures caused by global warming will cause shrinking sea ice and thus reduce the production of ice algae, a vital ...
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Biotic Structure - MarineBio.org
Arctic marine food web. Research in the Beaufort Sea suggests that ice algae at the base of the marine food web may have already ... or tertiary consumer. A typical food chain might go like this: algae-copepod-fish-squid-seal-orca. In this example the orca feeds ... would be a herbivore and one that hunts for single-celled algae might be a herbivore, or predator. Resting nurse shark off Boynton Beach, ...
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The Arctic and Antarctic - MarineBio.org
Arctic marine food web. Research in the Beaufort Sea suggests that ice algae at the base of the marine food web may have ... carbon sink provided detritus. In the Antarctic, most detritus consists of algae products and is produced between November and February due to the sunlight availability and nutrients provided by upwelling. During the algae bloom, the amount of detritus produced is at a peak ...
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NURP Research: In the Spotlight
William Sound - In search of the Giant Octopus The Bright Side of Arctic Ice Chukchi Sea - Researchers discover ice algae fuels ecosystem Saving Precious Corals Genetic study may help protect precious corals The ...
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The Bright Side of Arctic Ice
This suggested that there are a variety of ice algae providing an abundance of food. The ROV also recorded ice algae at just about every station ... the laboratory, researchers quantified 180,000 individual ice algal cells per millimeter of mud, as well as lipids in the mud associated with ice algae. "The ice algae is making it to the bottom," ...
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Save the Whales
This may be the key to their winter survival. ... Antarctic Ecosystem: An Ice-Dominated Environment," one of the National Science Foundation's eighteen Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) projects. The key study organisms are phytoplankton, ice algae, krill, Antarctic silverfish ...
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Marine Biological Laboratory
Palmer Station, Western Antarctica, where a 90-day loss in annual sea-ice cover since 1978 has been recorded. The brown discoloration in the ice is from the growth of ice algae ... and are threatened by loss of habitat as sea-ice cover continues to shrink over Western Antarctica. Photo credit: ... , one of many local species that depend on sea ice to survive and complete their life cycle, are ...
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Ecology of Lakes and Ponds for Anglers
Most anglers have ... ? If there are too many algae (putting the lake out of balance), at night or on cloudy days, the algae will consume nearly all the oxygen ... which in itself is OK, but every once in a while the ice becomes covered with a thick layer of snow, which cuts off light ...
www.combat-fishing.com

NEFCO Innovations - Providing low cost solutions to expensive problems.
Wastewater Treatment Industry, including Stamford Density Current Baffle Systems, Launder Cover Systems to inhibit algae and effluent systems including troughs, weirs, scum baffles as well as custom fiberglass products. ... with algae. The Launder Cover inhibits algae growth from the outset and eliminates the need for scraping or brushing. The Cover also acts to contain odors and keep out snow, ice ...
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The Alaskan King Crab
Alaskan King Crab From It's Nature! Home » Under The Ice » Alaskan King Crab Alaskan King Crab King Crabs, or as they ... baiting of the crab pots used by commercial fisheries , sponges and algae. While you may think that their natural armor makes them a ... Endangered Species Extinct Species Legendary Creatures On the Ground On the Ice Plant Life Natural Wonders Underwater In The Trees On Television ...
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