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Nachwuchsforschergruppe IMPULSE, Modellierung und Planungsunterstützung Meer und Küste
Which practice is suitable for cultivation in the open sea? Of what quality will the mussels/ algae be? How can aquaculture farms be protected from harmful algal blooms? How can the risk of ... a natural force. Mussel farms are also affected by toxic blooms. As mussels feed on microscopic algae the mussels accumulate the biotoxins in their tissue. Humans consuming toxic shellfish will experience ...
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Prevent Fish Kills in Lakes and Ponds
Ponds and small lakes are vulnerable to summer fish kills when vegetation covers 20 percent or more of the water surface. Ponds that turn a pea-soup color from microscopic algae are also subject to fish kills. Fish swimming near the surface of the water and appearing to be gulping air indicate a ...
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L.A. River Student Designed Research
Experimental Design: independent variable___________________________(what is being measured) e.g. number of microscopic algae per cm2 dependent variable___________________________(the effect of which is being tested) e.g. rate of water flow controlled variables___________________________(same river; same day; ...
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Ocean Alliance - EDUCATION - Whale Education Kit
Imagine a pyramid; at the bottom you have plants and the smallest of creatures, the primary producers in the ocean, which are called diatoms (microscopic algae). (Primary producers are the basis of the food chain and supply hundreds of millions of tons of food to animals.) ...
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SoundNet - Florida's Coastline, Coastal Waters: A Pattern of Distress
Florida waters. Produced by microscopic algae, saxitoxin is unrelated to the naturally occurring tetrodotoxin that is responsible for the hundred or ... down at the Snook Nook bait shop in Jensen Beach is all about new vine-like algae called Caulerpa brachypus. An exotic species that fishermen fear could take hold in the nutrient-rich ...
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Alkali Flies
SCUBA-EQUIPPED Alkali flies spend two of their three life stages entirely underwater. The larval and ... then begins its adult life cycle. Eventually adult flies return underwater to lay eggs or feed on algae. Tiny hairs trap a thin layer of air which allows the fly to "scuba dive." On ...
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Renewal Project: The Vision of the Canadian Museum of Nature
The Canadian Museum of Nature is the repository of the more than 10 million specimens that constitute the national natural history collection. See the range and diversity of our collection -- from microscopic algae to enormous dinosaur fossils -- as well as the efforts made toward its conservation. "The natural world is our past and our future. In all our contemporary activities, from gardening ...
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Marine Careers :: Marine Biology
For example, molecular biology can be used to identify ... inches) to just under an inch. Their importance as a group lies in the fact that microscopic algae serve as food for animals in aquatic food webs, earning them the title "primary ...
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Harbingers of Global Warming
Coral reef bleaching Reefs in 32 countries experienced dramatic bleaching in 1997-98. Bleaching results from the loss of microscopic algae that both color and nourish living corals. Water that is warmer than normal by only 2 to 3F (1.1-1.6C) has been linked to bleaching. Other factors that contribute to coral reef bleaching include ...
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alternative energy : bio fuel - "The Advent of Biodiesel Algae Power"
As newer technologies are being developed in the cultivation and production of microscopic algae, a new biodiesel source has been discovered. With both technologies coming together, the future of ... and will minimize the world's reliance on fossil fuels as the main energy source. With algae seen as the next exciting breakthrough, it will only take time for more people to make ...
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