Fish migration

Argumentative Essay Outline Imagine good pictures of marine life in action.Rovs ( Remotely operated vehicle ) are good for going under water without being cold. People that don’t agree would say Rovs are not valuable because they are to big. However, ROVs are ABSOLUTELY valuable to underwater research because They can go underwater to take good pictures, Rovs can bring up artifacts without freezing to death, and They are remote operated so they can do what you want them to do. The…

Relationship and general systematics Tiger Shark belongs to the class of cartilaginous fish. Unique to the cartilaginous fish is that their skeleton and the structure is made of cartilage instead of bone. That is, cartilaginous fish such as tiger shark has a very rapid regrowth of lost tissue or whole body parts of their endoskeleton. Tiger shark belonging to the genus Galeocerdo. The genus has lived since the Eocene period, which lasted for about 56-34 million years ago. The genus has always…

Have you ever thought about some of the most adorable animals in the world? The Harp seal is one of those animals. I will help you discover the role that the Harp seal plays in the ocean food chain. The Harp seals habitat will also be discussed. As a final note, I will tell you how the Harp Seals protect themselves from predators. Harp Seals play many roles in the food chain. According to Nature’s Children Seals “Seal-Time Meal-Time”, states that a Harp seal eats Herring, Capelin, and…

When buying fish at the store or eating at a seafood restaurant most people don’t give much thought to where the food they’re eating came from beyond “the ocean.” Even less consideration is put into how the fish was caught or if the practice is sustainable. Today’s mentality is all about instant gratification regardless of future consequences, whether it be health or environmental risk. Many people may think the Ocean is an inexhaustible source of food because it covers over 70% of the Earths…

These days, a mounting number of fish is caught in almost countries in the world. This phenomenon has become a matter of considerable public awareness. In my perspective, this problem can be attributed to two probable causes. In this essay, I will examine this issue and give some possible solutions. One plausible explanation for overfishing is profit-oriented of large fishing companies. Because of their lucrative target, the prominent mass fishing recent years caused biological imbalance. In…

Coral reefs provide shelter and food for more than 1 million plant and animal species, which is nearly one quarter of all known marine species. This number includes over 4,000 species of fish, 700 species of coral, and thousands of other plant and animal forms of life (Cesar, et al.). A single coral reef at its prime contains tens of thousands of species, housing some of the most dense and diverse communities of vertebrate animals in the world. Unfortunately, with the destruction that they face,…

The Lake Murder With the wind flowing through my hair, and the salty taste of the air, the sun perfectly hit my bronze skin. We woke up bright and early before the sun could climb to the top of the sky. Jimmy and I observed the sun glisten off of the calming blue waters of the lake. We could’ve watched it all day. With Jimmy’s face all lit up, he had the idea to take the boat out on the lake for the day. Before we knew it, we were sailing across the water. All of a sudden, Jimmy and I both…

agrees with Barry D. Bruce when it states that despite the research results there was still not enough data to know for sure if shark cage diving would negatively impact shark populations(2873). Charlie Huveneers at the end of the article writes that from what has been observed there is a possibility that shark cage diving could reduce the over all health and fitness of the shark population at Neptune Islands and recommends for more research to be done(2873). Based on the information from both…

Ophiothrix spiculata (a.k.a. spiny brittle stars) are the most diverse organisms in phylum Echinodermata that can be found in the ocean all over the world. They are spotted in many different colors such as orange, yellow, red, blue, black, or even tanned with reddish and white bands on their arms. Most spiny brittle stars have either round or star-shape body that are usually not larger than three centimeters. The body is called the central disk which consists of the dorsal shield (aboral side)…

in the winter and 300-500 in the late summer. Their population count mainly depend on how much algae is on the shelf. Because of water pumping, the water level went down exposing part of the natural shelf. People built an artificial shelf, but the fish didn’t use it. So they decided to limit pumping water out so…