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    Vulnerable Population

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    aquatic species are thriving. With the chemicals in Naled and other pesticides killing lower life aquatic species, this impacts the fish population and all the predators of the fish population. Marine life is also negatively impacted, including costal reefs, because the chemical compounds in pesticides impact water quality for marine life. Finally produce such as citrus fruit, fruit producing plants and sugar cane are all impacted by the lack of bees to pollinate. This will lead to export…

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    Megalodon Today Have you ever wished that dinosaurs were still alive? One might still exist, the Megalodon. Evidence says that it is alive today. Many sightings, photos, and some videos of what people say, is a monster shark or a Megalodon. It had no real reason to go extinct because it has plenty of food, its environment is still clean and had no hazards that would kill it, and nothing could kill this top of the line predator. Megalodon is a shark that weighs over 20 tons and is up to 60 feet…

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    Tiger Flatworm Essay

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    The Maritigrella crozierae, or the Tiger Flatworm, is a free-living flatworm that is a part of the Platyhelminthes Phylum. Its full taxonomic classification from kingdom to species is, in order: Animallia, Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Polychladida, Eurylephidae, Maritigrella, and Crozieri. Tiger Flatworms live in Saltwater. The areas they typically inhabit are the islands around the Caribbean and the Bermuda. These flatworms feed on orange tunicates, a sessile marine invertebrate that has a…

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    Chesapeake Bay Lab Report

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    Introduction The Chesapeake Bay that is 200 miles long is considered the largest estuary in the United States. It is home to more than 17 million people (NOAA). Baltimore, one of the most important North Atlantic port is located on the Chesapeake Bay. Oysters are one of the biggest resources of the Chesapeake bay. Ecologically, oysters are important because they filter algae, sediment, and pollutants. They maintain a good water quality and salinity. Oysters can tolerate a wide range of…

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    Frogfish Research Paper

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    Help keep ocean life balanced. (50% herbivore 50% carnivore) According to http://www.underwaterasia.info/reef-spotter/frogfish.php, Fish rather than actively hunt, and help keep things balanced and there are 48 identified species of Frogfish currently discovered. The third reason is that Frogfish are one of the most visualizing interesting creatures in…

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    The American Submarine- it is the cornerstone of the United States clandestine and secretive military operations. While most of the military like to stay on land or the surface of the ocean, submarines like to stay hidden deep under the surface of the ocean. The priority is to make the ship sturdy and watertight. Submarines are ships that can stay underwater and also float on the surface. As you walk on the top of the submarine, you start seeing how this massive machine is built to remain…

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    Threats and the future of Shellfishing Cape Cod has changed dramatically over the years, and because of these changes, there are serious impediments happening to the shellfish aquaculture expansion (Brennessel, 2008). The most important threat that is occurring presently is water quality. Years of increasing population with concomitant residential development, unaccompanied by wastewater infrastructure has resulted in nitrogen pollution (Ashworth, n.d.). On the cape, around 85% of the…

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    beaches for nesting and the sea level rise, uncontrolled coastal development, vehicle traffic on beaches, and other human activities have directly destroyed or disturbed sea turtle nesting beaches around the world. Turtle feeding grounds such as coral reefs and sea grass beds are also damaged and destroyed by activities onshore, such as sedimentation from clearing of land and nutrient run-off from…

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    Introduction. Sharks have been around for hundreds of millions of years Subclass Elasmobranchii: Sharks and Rays are classified in the Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Chondrichthyes(Greek, chondr- 'cartilage', ichthys 'fish'), and Class Elasmobranchii. Elasmobranchs are fish which all share one main characteristic: cartilaginous skeletons. There are over 1,000 species of elasmobranchs ranginging from great white sharks, to spotted rays to sawfish to skates. Sharks and rays are the…

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    My career interest is a Marine Biologist. A Marine Biologist is a person that studies the life of many organisms that are in any types of body of water and learn how they affect their environment. With this I can research the organisms that live the ocean, and probably find a new species of animals or plants. The salary of a Marine Biologist is not high, but it is not low. The actual salary an average of $51,289 per year. The lifestyle of Marine Biologists is that they usually go out to Oceans…

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