Coral

Not only is water one of the key parts of life but it is the home to many animals such as fish and crabs of course the ocean is home to alot more animals but the lakes and rivers are just as in portinten they are home to a lot of animals such as bluegill and catfish the lakes and rivers are 0.0081%of the earth's waters which is a really really really small small amount the oceans make 96.8%of the world's water which is really really big amounts of water the only bad thing about that is that it…

Turtles and Sloths Sloths and Turtles are different and similar in so many ways because they are both animals but different species. The three main differences between turtles and sloths; size; color. The differences between the Turtle and Sloth are where they live, their size, and their color. The turtle and sloth are both slow, but they go at different speeds. Different from a sloth, a turtle’s natural speed is 1 mile per hour, its speed is higher than a sloths speed because the sloths is 2…

Pycnopodia Helianthoides, which is known as the sunflower seastar, is an extraordinary star fish found in the northeast Pacific. It is one of the largest sea stars in the world, and has a maximum arm-span of 1m (Lambert, 2001). This intertidal organism has many amazing traits that most other sea stars do not possess. I will discuss these unique characteristics throughout my essay. Sunflower seastars have 16 to 24 limbs and are radially symmetrical. It is also the heaviest known sea star on the…

Krystina Joiner per. 4 Ecology Essay Dolphins are big and they affect their ecosystem in a big way. They are so smart, not only for putting on shows at Sea World, but also how they communicate with each other in their natural habitat. Dolphins also have an important niche in the underwater world. They are predators of the food chain. A dolphin shares its ecosystem with many other organisms. Dolphins are very important to the ocean, without them the ecosystem would be unbalanced.…

There is without a doubt that shark threats reduce the public safety on Australia’s popular beaches. How to maintain the safety and protect the environment is a current issue in Australia. Some say shark barrier nets and drumlines are most effective way to avoid shark threats. Buswell (2015) states that by extension, catching sharks that proximity of beaches is making those beaches safer. However, there are also negative impacts on sharks and other marine life by using shark barrier nets or…

The Island of Midway is located in Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,300 miles from Honolulu, Hawaii. Strategically, the island became a valuable asset to obtain during the Pacific War because of its location, as a half way point from Hawaii to Japan. Increased tensions between Japan and the United States came to a climax December 7, 1941; the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Six months later, the United States engaged the Japanese Imperial fleet in the Battle of Midway. The analysis of the events…

commanding officer of the carriers, wanted to take charge in the Pacific by putting all of their power into taking a small island in the Pacific. The United States Navy was in shambles with the losses at Pearl Harbor and the exhaustion felt after Coral Sea, but the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) had its underestimated depth and morale. The victory…

Victories at the Battles of the Coral Sea (4-8 May) and Midway (4-7 June) changed the operational and strategic picture. These continued Japanese aggressive actions led to the development of Operation Pestilence, the campaign for the Solomon Islands targeting the enemy base at Rabaul.…

realize is that it affects the ocean too, temperatures are rising and not only that but the ocean chemistry is changing as well due to increased amounts of carbon dioxide dissolving into the ocean. This leads to several complications in the coral reef ecosystems. The coral reef ecosystem is a variety of different species that interact with each other and the physical environment held together by calcium carbonate structures. They are built by colonies of underwater animals in marine waters that…

Global climate change has a direct effect on coral reefs through increased water temperatures. Increased water temperatures result in the bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef. When the water is warm in coral ecosystems, the coral eject…