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    had all the strength to go through the clothes sailors wear the skin rib cage the mussel the heart lungs and the backbone and out the back and he has been on the sea for years so that shows that captain Jaggery has the strength to kill someone. And charlotte did not commit the murder because do you think that an 13 year old girl should be able to. Go through the clothes sailors’ wear the skin, rib, cage the mussel, heart, lungs, and the backbone and out the back. That’s why charlotte did not…

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    disitichus) were the most abundant species present, followed by animal species such as barnacles (Balanus balanoides), sand fleas (Orchestia agilis) and periwinkles (Littorina littorea). Normally barnacles (Balanus balanoides) dominate the supra-littoral mussels dominate the mid-littoral and infra-littoral zone exposed to wave action (Pederson et al., 2000; Hunt and Scheibling, 1995). However, sheltered shores such as Lawrencetown Beach exhibit more algal fucoid growth in the supra-littoral…

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    Striped bass eat a variety of foods, including fish such as alewives, flounder, sea herring, menhaden, sand lance, silver hake, tomcod, smelt, silversides and eels, as well as lobsters, crabs, soft clams, small mussels, sea worms and squid. The largest bass in Texas was caught on the Brazos river and it was 53 pounds. Stripped bass inhabit coastal waters up to 10 kilometers from shore and are often found in bays. In spring, they migrate to freshwater rivers and lakes to spawn. There are also…

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    Crassostrea, Saccostrea and Ostrea. Then, Crassostrea iredalei is the species in genus Crassostrea and most valued for culture. Besides that, Sabah also contribute the production of mussel, including Pena Virdis.(Department of Fisheries of Malaysia,2012). But the main mussel seed is at Melaka.(Kechik I. A. ,1995). Green mussels grow faster than oysters and compete with them for space, food and oxygen. Every oyster is considered as sentinel on an aquatic ecosystem because it is a filter feeder.…

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    Water sustains humans and animals with life. The quality of water is important. If it is poor, it can cause changes in the ecosystem. Rivers and other water sources are being polluted with nitrates, especially the Raccoon River in Iowa. Nitrates are dangerous and can come from rural farms to urban cities. Nitrates come from fertilizers used on farms. Rain and storms cause the nitrates to flow into rivers and creeks. Many farmers do not know this. “The river was just water, as far as we were…

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    The advent of the suminoe oyster shouldn’t appear due to the fact the impacts have a huge risk of being damaging to the chesapeake bay. economically, culturally, and ecologically the chesapeake will suffer because of introducing the suminoe. for the subsequent reasons, i'm towards the creation of the suminoe oyster. Ecologically, introducing a completely new species leaves too large a possibility of bad influences that we will’t expect. the chesapeake bay software federal corporations committee…

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    The Great Lakes hold 21% of our natural freshwater supply. I am a limnologist living in Detroit, Michigan. My city is located near Lake Erie and I visit it weekly with my research team to record the changes in the lakes. I've written two books: one about Lake Erie and the other about Lake Huron. Many believe that The Great Lakes are dying; as an expert and an experienced scientist, I can confirm that this is true mostly because of pollution, habitat loss, and non-native species entering the…

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    Climate change's equally evil twin is the name for ocean acidification its harmful because of the excess amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Since we don't see or feel it because the effects are happening underwater. CO2 is released by burning coal,oil and gas but its doesnt stay in the air but it dissolves into the oceans. The oceans have absorbed 525 billion of CO2 from the atmosphere and they collect about 22 tons per day. Scientist thought it was it good thing because it wasn't…

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    Overfishing: the practice of commercial and non-commercial fishing which depletes a fishery by catching so many adult fish that there aren’t enough remaining to breed and replenish the population. Currently, fishing operations around the world are two to three times larger than what our oceans can sustain. Our combined global fishing capacity, or the amount of fish that can be taken by a single unit whether that be a fisherman or a trawler, is enough to be evenly expanded over at least 4 planets…

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    so impactful in their community. A study was done by zoologist Robert T. Paine in which he addressed that eliminating the Pisaster Ochraceus sea star in Tatoosh Island had a major downfall in its surrounding community. The sea stars were eating mussels, and with the…

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