Southern Ocean

favourite kind of accommodation is, I would probably say: my own little bungalow with a bit of a hippie vibe, right on the beach with large windows to overlook the ocean, right next to a great restaurant. A bonus would be a Spa, Yoga, Kayak, Snorkelling and Diving. Well, guess where I am right now. Castaway is a small resort on Koh Lipe, the southern most island of Thailand. The bungalows are arranged around an adorable restaurant with a bar and a library. They have their own diving school, a…

Countercurrent Exchange - blood vessel that helps them to stay in a certain temperature in the water gives them advantage to hunt for food. 3 types: Atlantic bluefin tuna Pacific bluefin tuna Southern bluefin tunaAtlantic bluefin: found in Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Pacific bluefin: found in the Pacific Ocean Food: They eat anything that is small such as zooplankton when they are young. The bigger they are, they eat things such as smaller fish, eels, mackerel.Bluefin Tuna move to another…

The 11 armed sea star lives in South Australia , new Zealand and in the cape peninsula .it’s the largest seastar in southern australia they are found under rocks,algae in pools and in low water levels. It eats oysters,mussels,snails,shrimp and other starfish. It’s scientific name is the Coscinasterias calamaria . it could be brown, blue , green , grey, mauve,white,cream or orange. It you cut off one of its arms it will grow into a new starfish. It’s arms could grow to be up to 30 cm. 11 armed…

The struggle of learning how to surf if something a lot of people deal with especially here in southern California. Hey...I'm James and I live along the captivating coastline of southern California. Many people know, it's a big aspect of our culture to go and spend time at the beach. But also its known for the vast majority of surfers here in the big blue Pacific ocean. So...me being a curious kid...I tried to go surf for the first time around the age of 8 and instantaneously I wanted to give up…

recreational boaters and US Navy personnel; virtually anyone subject to physical oceanography is additionally dependent on the monitoring and predictions of ocean waves and tides. Such predictions allow for one to decide when to sail into or out of harbors, where to tie or anchor their vessel, and whether it is safe or not to enter certain areas of the ocean. For recreational purposes, one can refer to wave and tide predictions when visiting tide pools along the coast or when planning out a…

and oral arms. The tentacles can stun other animals but is not harmful to humans. The oral arms help bring food to the mouth that is in the middle of everything. Habitat: Moon jellyfish live in warm tropical oceans such as the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean. They are mostly in the ocean in a small to large group of other moon jelly that is called a bloom. Diet: They eat small plankton organisms like mollusks, marine invertebrate larvae, copepods, nematodes, crustaceans, young…

blue-gray colour and underneath a whitish colour (Web.archive.org, 2015). Blue whales feast typically on krill however they also eat small amounts of copepods. The species of krill the whale eats varies form ocean to ocean. In the Atlantic Meganyctiphanes norvegica is the most common whereas in the Southern Hemisphere Euphausia crystallorophiasis is mainly found. An…

There are many contributing factors that have lead up to a depletion our our ocean fish. As our underwater wildlife ecosystem decreases, we keep moving backwards with fisheries overfishing and diminishing the underwater wildlife. Overfishing occurs when there is a popular fishing area constantly being fished out to the point where the reproduction cycle can't keep up. Recent studies have shown that overfishing has exploited 52% of fish stock (subpopulations of a particular species of fish). More…

Their breeding and migration patterns, along with the seasonality of their location of remains consistent year after year (Golet et al. 391). Bluefin tuna, like many fish, depend on ocean environmental factors such as temperature, currents, and presence of other organisms to navigate the endless open ocean. The complex interaction of these factors guides Atlantic bluefin tuna to their core breeding grounds along the Western shelf break region of the Gulf of Mexico and the Balearic Sea off the…

the 21st century and beyond sue to global warming. It is predicted that the sea level will continue to rise by up to 60cm by 2100 in response to ocean temperature rising and glacier and ice caps melting. There are two main factors that lead to global warming, firstly thermal expansion of seawater and secondly water mas input from land ice melting. Ocean temperature data collected has shown a significant increase during the second half of the 20th century. Thermal expansion accounts for 25% of…