Urchin

Chiyane Peterson The Internet of Philosophy is a website that contains, a series of articles listed with sufficient amounts of information under every letter in the alphabet. The articles go all the way from different philosophers to philosophy topics spoken about over the years. Each article covers an abundance of information on the philosopher or the topic. For example, a topic written on the website is an article about cloning. Cloning is a very popular topic that has been in many…

Description: o Physical characteristics of sea otters possess is the fact that they are small animals with short legs which have thick fur and short circular ears which means that they belong to the family Mustelidae[1]. The sea otters have varying fur colors from dark brown to black [6]. They are also highly social animals who travel in groups called rafts; a single raft could range from 10 sea otters to over 100 sea otters [6].  Scientific Name[1]: Enhydra lutis …

The marine environment at Lorde Howe Island was a significant factor for World Heritage Listing in 1982. The island has a combination of temperate and tropical marine species, including coral reef in the near intact condition of the Island waters. During winter, ocean currents at 17 degrees’ surround Lord Howe Island and larvae of many organisms from cool southern parts of Australia are transported to the Island. During summer, the warm East Australian Current sweeps down from the Great Barrier…

Pochee lives in a rocky environment with harsh cold weather, lots of precipitation, wind, and small mountains. There is very little vegetation there but there some grasses, trees, and shrubs. The Arctic Pochee eats water animals like fish and sea urchins. There are many lakes and there is an ocean nearby, this is wear the Arctic Pochee hunts its prey. In order for the Arctic Pochee to survive it needs certain traits. It’s feet need to be padded with small bumps that create friction on the ice…

live animals, learned about the earliest moments of an organism's life cycle along with the genetic components that allow for reliability in the system. The experiments performed in this class involved utilizing animal systems such as zebrafish, sea urchins, Xneopus, and chickens. For all of the systems, the environments had to remain as sterile as possible to prevent infection. Each system brought new challenges with their development. The…

The devastation of both coral reefs and kelp forests can vary in strength depending on their biogeography. After the initial acute event that wipes out either the reef or the forest occurs, it is usually the water quality or fish population that determines whether they can recover. Both these processes’ strength depends on where they occur, and the biogeography of the area they are in. Coral reefs that are not located by a ravine run off do not have the issue of sewage, or fertilizer run offs.…

Kelp which provides food and shelter for a host species are what sea urchins love to dine on. Sea otters hunting sea urchins allow for the production of more kelp which is then used by other inhabitants. Like the sea otter, wolves are on the endangered species list. According to Hannibal, there are about 328 wolves in the state of Wyoming, known…

Many can probably guess that lethal coal mines, the offshore drilling explosions and the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill as being a principal culprit of ocean acidification but have you ever thought that global warming actually has a much larger role in ocean acidification than we think? That is why we need to be educated on what ocean acidification is, what are the effects of ocean acidification, who are the ones being mostly affected, and how can we resolve this issue. According to NOAA…

Off the coast of Alaska an anthropogenic event prevailed known as the Exxon Valdez oil spill (Monson et al. 2000). The horrendous event occurred on 24th of March in 1989 (Monson et al. 2000). The vessel ran upon the Bligh Reef which is located near Prince William Sound commonly referred to as PWS (Monson et al. 2000). PWS is where most of the research on sea otters after the spill was carried out. Around 42 million liters of Prudhoe Bay crude oil was poured in the Alaskan waters (Monson et al.…

who has been kicked onto the city streets by his stepfather after his mother dies. He is alone and scared. Unfortunately, jobs that provide enough money for food and shelter are nonexistent. He eventually falls in with a surrogate family of street urchins who call themselves the Asphalt Angels, headed by two older teens, Roy and his girlfriend, Duda. They hang out together for protection, supporting themselves through petty thievery and sniffing glue for a cheap high. This is the story of how he…