Seabird

One example of this is the story on page 19 where: “one researcher in Texas has witnessed seabirds attempting to eat protection rings probably mistaken for food.” (pg.19). Many of these articles also come up with ways that its readers can help cut back on…

easily accessible for these microscopic animals to ingest it. There were even some evident effect on animals of the Gulf of Mexico. There were pelicans covered with oil, fish found in brown sludge, and oil smothered turtles washed up on beaches. Seabirds were not able to fly and retrieve food because of surface oil and dolphins were also having difficulty swimming through oil slicks and found stranded and ill. Sea turtles as well. This ordeal continues to increase since the spill, however, we…

Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting plastic or getting entangled in the debris. Endangered wildlife like Hawaiian monk seals and Pacific loggerhead sea turtles are among nearly 300 species that eat…

The Polar Bear exhibit at the zoo was the smallest exhibit that I viewed for the day for such a massive animal. By estimation, the exhibit is about 70 feet wide, and 100 feet long. Half of the exhibit is terrain which was a smooth flattened rock surface with several big rocks for the bear to climb up on. The other half of the exhibit was a pool of water, the zoo designed the pool with the edges of the pool to be white, to perhaps give a more arctic feel for the viewers. Also, there were many…

The Great Barrier Reef Size: 2300km The Great Barrier Reef is one of Australia’s and the world most recognisable landmarks. The reef is composed of 2900 individual reefs. This natural phenomenon is so big that it is visible from outer space. The Great Barrier Reef is located on the northeast coast of Australia. It covers from the tip of Cape York extending all the way down to the coast of Bundaberg. Biotic Features Animals: The Great Barriers Reef is home to many of the world’s rarest species…

The Exxon Valdez spilled 42 million liters of crude oil and contaminating 1,990 kilometers of shoreline. The oil killed a total of about 253,000 of wildlife. It killed 2,800 sea otters, 302 harbor seals, 250,000 seabirds, 250 bald eagles, and 22 killer whales (Shigenaka). Some scientists estimated that 35% of the spilled oil evaporated, 40% was deposited on beaches within Prince William Sound, and 25% entered the Gulf of Alaska where it either became beached or was…

1) We impact the reef daily, even though you may not realize. As one of the largest reefs in the world, the Great Barrier Reef has been effect dramatically. There are three main factors that affect the reef. Pollution is the largest occurring factor. Pollution that we cause from the land is entering the reef causing the water to become unsanitary and dirty. To grow and thrive coral reef it is essential that the water situation is clear and salty water that has low levels of phosphorus and…

Globally, at least 23% of marine mammal species, 36% of seabird species, and 86% of sea turtle species are known to be affected by plastic debris (Sigler, 2014). Plastic can choke, reduce growth, drown animals, and spread invasive species. More so, the large amount of plastics found in the Earth’s oceans is killing…

demonstrated my ability to think critically about my preliminary results and adapt/expand my thesis question by adding both an explanatory and response variable based on trends I observed. Based on a common trend I had observed in the literature on seabirds, I suggested adding age as an explanatory variable. While carefully scrutinizing our distribution map, I noticed it appeared as though females were being observed further inland than males, leading to its addition as a new response…

Island's forests. Already under intense pressure by the human population for firewood and building material, the forests lost their animal pollinators and seed dispersers with the disappearance of the birds. Today, only one of the original 22 species of seabird still nests on Easter…