Kelp

the environment. Blood meal products have not been extensively used in turf due to this and its relatively high cost. Another product that has received attention is seaweed extract or kelp. The advantage in using seaweed extracts or kelp products is the addition of several micronutrients. The biggest drawback with kelp products is the small quantities of the macronutrients, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium that are…

Are you struggling with a slow metabolism, fatigue, weight gain or trouble maintaining a healthy weight? Constipation, swinging moods or depression, dry skin, low energy levels, memory and concentration problems can also be symptoms of thyroid dysfunction. You can support your thyroid balance by visiting a doctor for tests, then under their supervision, treating it with natural supplements and lifestyle changes. What is the Thyroid? The thyroid is a small-butterfly shaped gland located in…

Butch pet food company was established in 1964 and has existed since then in New Zealand. An ad by the company read as such “I’m as guilty as the next girl for licking the odd bone but believe me there’s no substitute for being stuffed full of meat.“ The ad features those word in a pink meat roll with a half white half pink background and to the right a dog looking towards the reader. The pink and white coloring adds a touch of feminist to the ad with typically female related colors, which are…

Twelve Apostles The Twelve Apostles are lime stone rocks which are standing in the sea. The Apostles were formed by erosion. They lie between Princetown and Port Campbell in the Twelve Apostles Marine National Park, in the Southern Ocean on the coastline of Victoria. It is also bordered to the Port Campbell National Park. It's probably the most photographed attraction in Australia. It was called ''The Sow and Pigs'' and ''Muttonbird Island''. These names were noted on the map which was used…

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.…

Selenium can be found in meat and grains, depending on the selenium content of the soil where the food is raised. Selenium can also be found in Brazil nuts, brewer’s yeast, broccoli, brown rice, chicken, dairy products, garlic, kelp, liver, molasses, onions, salmon, seafood, tuna, vegetables, wheat germ, and whole grains. Herbs that contain selenium include alfalfa, burdock root, catnip, cayenne, chamomile, chickweed, fennel seed, fenugreek, garlic, ginseng, hawthorn berry, hops…

Sea otters spend most their time in the water. Sea otters often float on the surface of the water on their backs. Sea otters eat up to 35% of their weight in fish, crabs, sea urchins, and lobster. Sea otters eat so much that they caused the fish population to decrease significantly. If sea otters were to go extinct then there would be major effects on the ecosystem. Sea otters eat a variety of things, but a big part of their diet is sea urchins. Sea urchins eat plants. If sea otters went extinct…

The ecosystem that has more area than all of Earth’s land masses combined is the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is an oceanic biome that is located between the Americas, Asian and Australian continents. It is the largest of the world’s five oceans ocean and is approximately 63.8 million square miles full of saltwater, ecosystems, and organisms. The ocean is an average of 13,000 feet deep and covers more than 30 percent of the Earth’s surface. These are just a few defining characteristics of…

are omnivorous animals and therefore eat both plant and animal matter. The sea urchin mainly feeds on algae on the coral and rocks, along with decomposing matter such as dead fish, mussels, sponges, barnacles, and kelp. So, sea otters keep the sea urchin population in check so that the kelp population and the reliant ecosystem can flourish. Following the sea…

realized she really had young teens looking up to her. Fantasia got her GED and learned to read and write. She became a role model for teens, especially African American females that come from troubled past. Fantasia continued to do great things and kelp striving to better her career. She expanded into acting. In August of 2006 she played in a Lifetime Television film “Life is Not a Fairy Tale” based on her autobiography (Fantasia Barrino). This film only showed her life up until she won the…