Reef aquarium

The manta ray is a flat fish that lives in salt water. The Ray is 7-9 metres wide and is around 1350 kg. The fish eats plants and smaller fish. Although manta rays do not attack humans, they would be atrocious pets due to their size, habitat and extreme living. After looking deeper into these reasons, it will be safe to say that the manta ray should be no pet. One reason that the manta ray would make a bad pet is because of it's size. Firstly, the ray would be hard to transport. Secondly, the…

Diversity in ecosystems has to do with a combination of keystone species, symbiosis, and adaptations. First of all, in my keystone species presentation about grizzly bears I said, “grizzly bears control the population of moose, elk, and other hoofed animals which allow other plants to grow.” If grizzly bears did not exist the population of those animals would increase. And that would lead to there being less plants in those areas which means there would be less animals that live in the trees…

As scuba diving becomes more popular, there is a growing concern about the impact it will have on coral reefs. In Cancun, Mexico the closure of the natural reef, Manchones, was being considered to protect it against human impacts, such as scuba diving and pollution, instead the artificial reef, MUSA, was created to offer an alternative attraction for tourists. MUSA is an underwater museum that aims to combine art and conservation through the submersion of sculptures. The aim of the study was…

We have been able to observe marine organism in the clade Littorinimorpha in the three tides zones high, mid, and low each have their own ecological niche for marine organisms. But there is some marine life that are able to live in patchiness within zones and thrive in more than one. The high intertidal zones are home to marine life that are more tolerant to air, like barnacles (Ricketts et al. 1968). The mid zone includes higher low water and lower low water, which can be indicated by limpets…

Cyprinodon diabolis also known as The Devils Hole pupfish is a well-known little fish that lives in Devils hole in Nevada a very hot and dry state. These fish are known to be one of the world’s most vulnerable fish. It is known to many in the science community that this species has less than 400 adults. They all live in a cavern like area in Devils Hole. Devils hole is a small body of water that opened up 60,000 years ago. (Riggs & Decon,2004) Researchers have some confusion as to when the…

different species. Coral reefs also protect our coast lines from different storms and hurricanes and also prevent erosion for our beaches. They also provide a habitat for all different kinds or species in the marine ecosystem. Coral reefs are a huge part in the marine ecosystem that's why we try so hard to take care of them and protect them so not only does it benefit the creatures in the ocean it also benefits us providing some people with jobs to protect the coral reefs. People are also very…

Starfish move using a water vascular system. Water comes into the system via the madreporite. It is then circulated from the stone canal to the ring canal and into the radial canals. The madreporite is a rounded plate on the aboral surface of the central disc in inter-radial position. Its surface bears a number of narrow, straight or wavy grooves or furrows. Each furrow contains many minute pores at its bottom. Each pore leads into a very short, fine, tubular pore-canal. The pore-canals unite…

marine tropical coral reef system. Pertaining to the article, the coral reef system is complex and hard to reconstruct without altering the physical conditions and species that rely on it. As this study states, many of the causes for the loss of the coral reefs may be due to natural environmental factors such as the temperature changes but other causes are human influenced, such as tourisms near coral reefs. This article focuses on the reconstruction of tropical coral reefs with natural…

The Elkhorn Coral Mystery Many scientist that discover water know what elkhorn coral is. Many scientist also wonder what kills the elkhorn coral well, I'm here to tell you. Scientist believe the human waste that's in the water kills the coral. In my opinion I feel that the human waste is a killer to the coral. Many people swim in the water, they could have diseases and sicknesses that could kill the coral. The environment that the coral lives in could be dirty with all of the bacteria that…

Ocean acidification is detrimental to calcium carbonate life. As CO2 is absorbed into the ocean, it has a chemical reaction with water and forms carbonic acid, lowering the pH. This acid reacts with the calcium carbonate that many shellfish need to build their homes and protection, forming a different type of molecule, and depleting the ocean’s calcium carbonate resources. While it was obvious in our lab that our four mollusks, wrinkled drill, cowrie, small oyster, and large oyster, were to be…