Crustacean

Mermaid Tails vs. Hairy Legs “What would I give if I could live outta these waters? What would I pay to spend a day Warm on the sand?” The Little Mermaid, Ariel’s desire to become human and have legs outweighed any other desire she’d ever had. She was going against her own kind in order to have legs. She seemed to be the perfect daughter, but Sigmund Freud would disagree. Freud expressed that every individual’s personality consists of an ego, id, and superego. Each of these traits makes up an…

Results and Discussion Shellfish is considered a good indicator for environmental pollution with heavy metals, simply because it can accumulate high levels of these metals. However, these organisms are considered valuable source for animal derived protein, vitamins and essential trace elements, especially for people living nearby sea. Thus, estimating the residual levels of these metals, in particular the toxic ones, assessment of the possible human health risks and trying to find effective…

replacing bone and mimicking their structure for, various applications. When looking at biological materials, to determine their effectiveness as a scaffold or sufficient structure for various other uses, often they are tested for their resistance to fracture. This is referred to as fracture propagation. Bamboo Bamboo is well known for its sufficient mechanical properties, and great flexibility. It also has great fracture toughness. Bamboo is considered to be a bio composite, meaning it…

periods of 2 to 4 years. They usually lay around 3 to 6 nests, which are spaced around 12 to 14 days apart. Logger sea turtles lay, on average between 100 to 126 eggs per nest. (Sea turtle conservancy) These carnivores typically feed on fish, crustaceans, and other marine wildlife. Not only are these sea turtles endangered because of evolving climate changes, but loggerhead sea…

located on the Northwest shores on Trinidad. There are major threats to the proper management of the coastal ecosystems. Pollution to both the land and maritime added to the detriment of the area. It has resulted in the exploitation of fishes and crustacean in the area. The development of coastal structures over the years has resulted in drastic changes to the coastline which leads to the degradation of major ecosystems within the area. This region is a small bathing area and a docking area for…

The Atlantic Sturgeon is a bony, prehistoric fish that has survived for over 120 million years and the species has witnessed the extinction of the dinosaurs. Observing this fish we really can look back in time what it was like during the age of the dinosaurs. Certainly one would think that a robust fish such as this can survive anything. Apparently not since it is listed as critically endangered on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Before 1890 the Atlantic Sturgeon…

In an advancing twenty first century, technology is playing a part in every sector of people’s lives. There are always positive and negative affects to everything, and new technologies are a prime example of this. People have always been interested in what the World’s oceans can provide, and people are using new technology to investigate these possibilities. However, technology can have a negative affect on different biodiversity in the ocean. Focusing specifically on the Atlantic Ocean,…

that contain energy that are readily available and are located within a small area (Larsen, 2011). For most primates is includes fruit, but also leaves, nuts, and insects. Tarsiers are the only completely carnivorous primates, exclusively eating crustaceans, insects, small vertebrates and snakes. Capuchin monkeys show a wide diversity in their diets. They eat anything from flowers and nectar to lizards, bats, and squirrels…

Reactions similar to this one tend to buffer changes in atmospheric CO2. The right side of the equation indicated that the reaction produces an acidic compound. If adding CO2 to the left side, would decrease the pH of water in ocean. This process is often been described as ocean acidification, where pH of the ocean becomes less and force the pH of water to be acidic. Rather than this reaction there are other reactions between CO2 and non-carbonate rocks which also add bicarbonate into the…

Barnacles are small crustaceans with hard shells made of chitin containing a small soft creature. This shell is a structural adaptation that helps them survive because it protects them from predation and other harms such as being crushed. (Anthoni, 2007) They filter water with their legs when they are submerged to eat plankton. When the tide goes down again, they close a ‘door’ in their shells to trap water inside. (Whoi education, 2014) This is another structural adaptation that stops them from…