Coral reef

has been banned in the Atlantic ocean for 30 years. If there were to be an oil drill built off the coast of the Atlantic, it could end up putting more marine life in danger than the oil drills in the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, it would put many coral reefs in danger as well. There are many harmful effects caused by drilling. This includes the seismic testing that is harmful to marine life like the North American right whale. If there were to be a oil spill many fisheries, coastlines and public…

The species I chose was Pterois volitans, which is commonly known as a lionfish or red lionfish. They are characterized by alternating white and red/brown stripes and contain venomous spines all over the body. Lionfish can grow up to 18.5 inches in length and are a species native to the Indo-Pacific region. Economically speaking lionfish are not regularly used in the seafood business, but are a huge part of the aquarium trade (Robbins). Due to the spines described above, there does not seem to…

I started to write a speech about the death of the coral reefs, but I found it had too much information on the subject. I was so difficult for me to complete because I was an expert of coral reefs. So I finally through that topic out and choose to do a speech on Scuba diving. Which I am no expert, but I do have some knowledge about the subject. The week of October 6 I…

kill off the Sharks, the thinking goes, these larger fish thrive and consume the algae-eating species at a rate much higher than normal. The coral reef then becomes smothered by algae and dies.” ("Shark Conservation in the United States and Abroad") The repercussions, if this is the actual cycle, would be not only aesthetic but economic because coral reefs provide both food and tourist-generated dollars. “We don’t yet have empirical data to prove this hypothesis.”("A Closer Look at Shark…

Some may have helped create a new invasive species, others may have even assisted the government in limiting their population. Lionfish are one such example of a common invasive species.The lionfish are the coral reefs’ worst invasive species. While they are native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, they now live along the southeast coast of the United States, the Caribbean, and in parts of the Gulf of Mexico. How did they get there? Marine specialists assume that…

habitats, with crab being found both on land and in the water. Starfish are bottom dewellers and found ether on top of, or slightly buried under the sand. They can be located by shuffling feet through the sand. Sea sponges adhere to the coral reefs, other rocky areas and the soft mud of shallower areas. Soetimes, they can lso be found by suffling through underwater…

Pablo By: Rok Outside of the water there were kids playing on the beach while their maid drones supervised them. Oops! I forgot to introduce myself! I’m Pablo, Pablo Ferisa. You may not be able to tell this but I am a sea monster. But I’m not scary! I’m really nice! I just want to be the humans’ friends, but their maid drones just protect their children. I was swimming near the beach in the Florida Keys. I slowly surfaced. I swam by a piece of trash. These maid drones discard their…

was surrounded by the ocean. As I entered, it felt like I was walking across the bottom of the ocean. I was underneath the ocean with schools of fish and stingrays swimming side by side. There were giant turtles and jellyfish gliding next to the coral reefs. It was beautiful. But what I really loved were the sharks. There were a number of sharks in the place too and as a kid I was crazy about sharks. I was studying the sharks, like how they glided effortlessly across the water. I was so close I…

are adapted to periodic exposure during low tide. The neritic zone supports “more species and numbers of organisms than any other zone.” Many other animals, including fishes and sea turtles, live in this zone. This also is the zone that contains coral reefs, which are one the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. The third zone is the oceanic zone. This zone does not contain as many species as the neritic zone because the nutrient levels cannot support the same amount of life as the levels are much…

Overfishing has impacts on the rest of the marine ecosystem, such as the rapid growth of algae and coral reef health. Overfishing is also closely tied to bycatch, another serious marine threat that causes the needless loss of billions of fish, along with marine turtles and cetaceans. Ocean overfishing simply means catching fish from sea at rates too high…