Marine biology

some of my time in my schedule to start feeding my curiosity and to, of course, get some homework done so I could complete the request. Let me start off by stating Ellen Prager’s title and role in the community. She is a highly respected marine biologists and author of a handful of books. She is also the lead scientist that is in charge of the world’s one and only undersea living station, the Aquarius Reef Base, used for scientists and their advancements in their studies. This…

Worldwide, overfishing has had profound effects on coastal ecosystems. Additionally, the approach that humans have taken to commercial fishing such as targeting of apex predators first and then fishing down the food chain has a negative effect on predators in most regional seas of the world. However, while researchers may know the effect that overfishing has had on specific species, how this may influence the rest of the ecosystem is relatively unpredictable. It is hypothesized that the loss of…

1978 making it possible to determine the location of a tagged animal anywhere on the Earth’s surface. Combined photograph identification and passive acoustic monitoring, this has provided a number of tools for advancing understanding of baleen whale biology, including migration patterns (Katona et al. 1980, Clapham et al. 1992, Kooyman,…

Introduction The Great Barrier Reef stretching 2300km along the coast of Queensland is the world’s biggest coral reef system. The GBR contains many plants, animals, habitats and heritage values to the extent that this diverse marine ecosystem has been established as a global natural treasure with world heritage listing. The Reef is also extremely important to industries and communities that depend on a healthy reef for employment/ income and their recreation. Since the 1980’s there have been…

Change Management at Sea Treasures The purpose of this report is to explain the change models that I as Sales and Marketing Director would use for short-term and long-term change at Sea Treasures. The company is a group of retail stores that specialize in expensive aquarium accessories and exotic sea life and is currently facing downsizing and going out of business within twelve months. Two major changes short and long-term are required at the company at this point. The short-term change…

dies or is damaged, the animal populations that rely upon reefs can become vastly affected. Fish, for example, are largely reliant upon coral, some eat it and others like the clownfish live within it. When coral reefs suffer, so do populations of marine organisms, and by extension, human that able to feed themselves, and make a living off of fishing. Ocean.si.edu estimates that roughly 1-7 humans rely upon food caught from the ocean, and with a dwindling fishing industry, many humans could go…

Despite their intentions, a majority of marine conservation acts passed by Congress have not been enforced properly or are ignored entirely. Some environmentalists argue that we as citizens are to blame because we are too busy with our personal lives to care about the environment—most of us don’t recycle, utilize alternative sources of energy, or think twice about the detrimental effects that our lifestyles and everyday habits have on the oceans, let alone any other ecosystem or even the Earth,…

The beach is Chiron's symbolic interactionism. Juan brought him to the water when he was young and taught him how to swim. From being Little to Black, he continues to visit the beach because he has given this specific place meaning. He interprets the beach as a place to relax and distress. When Chiron was Little, he saw himself as the names and titles others perceived him as. He gave others the permission to do so without speaking up for himself. He even adopted that name because he told…

Eriksen, Marcus. JUNK RAFT: An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution. Boston: Beacon, 2017. Print. Marcus Eriksen, a clear water advocate and a co-founder of the 5 gyres institute, wrote Junk Raft in July 2017 as a recollection of his experiences of rafting across the ocean in 2008. Eriksen wrote of his experiences and connected them to real water pollution problems with possible solutions in order to inform his readers of the extreme problem of water pollution.…

Garbage relates to everything from all kinds of waste whether generated during the extraction of raw materials or after the consumption of final products. It is present everywhere, even in the middle of the oceans. Trash Inc: The Secret Life of Garbage is a documentary film showing the waste produced around the world and the life cycle of trash/garbage. The documentary explains what happens to the garbage when it’s thrown away and its impact on the people and the world. It shows how the waste…