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Marine ecosystems are among of the Earth's aquatic ecosystems. They include oceans, salt marsh and intertidal ecology, estuaries and lagoons, mangroves and coral reefs, the deep sea and the sea floor. They can be contrasted with freshwater ecosystems, which have a lower salt content.

Such places are considered health resources for plantsin pardise such as hollywood because the plant life supports the animal life and vice-versa. See food chains.

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Penguins and sea lions help produce new atlas

Penguins and sea lions help produce new atlas

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recording hundreds of thousands of individual uplinks from satellite transmitters fitted on penguins, albatrosses, sea lions, and other marine animals, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and BirdLife ...


Data point to some improvements in China's environment

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The rapid growth of China's forests over the past 20 years makes them the fastest growing forest resources in the world, according to an assessment published in the November issue of BioScience.


Bridging the political divide across the Gulf of Aqaba

Bridging the political divide across the Gulf of Aqaba

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists from Stanford University have teamed up with Israeli and Jordanian researchers to protect the Gulf of Aqaba, a strategic waterway whose fragile marine ecosystem is vital to both Israel and Jordan. ...


Scientists conduct shark survey off US East Coast

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sandbar, dusky and tiger sharks are among dozens of shark species living in the coastal waters off the U.S. East Coast. Little is known about many of the species, but a survey begun nearly 25 years ago is helping scientists ...


New hope for fisheries on the horizon?

New hope for fisheries: Scientists document prospects for recovery

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists have joined forces in a groundbreaking assessment on the status of marine fisheries and ecosystems. The two-year study, led by Boris Worm of Dalhousie University and Ray Hilborn of the University ...


Modest fisheries reduction could protect vast coastal ecosystems

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A reduction of as little as five per cent in fisheries catch could result in as much as 30 per cent of the British Columbia coastal ecosystems being protected from overfishing, according to a new study from the UBC Fisheries ...


NOAA bans commercial harvesting of krill

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today published a final rule in the Federal Register prohibiting the harvesting of krill in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the coasts of California, Oregon, ...


New study ranks 'hotspots' of human impact on coastal areas

New study ranks 'hotspots' of human impact on coastal areas

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- Coastal marine ecosystems are at risk worldwide as a result of human activities, according to scientists at UC Santa Barbara who have recently published a study in the Journal of ...


Double trouble for water life

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Excess phosphorus and nitrogen produced by human activities on neighboring land is making its way into our coastal waters and degrading both water quality and aquatic life. Although historically the priority has been to control ...


Scientists urge world leaders to respond cooperatively to Pacific Ocean threats

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

More than 400 leading scientists from nearly two-dozen countries have signed a consensus statement on the major threats facing the Pacific Ocean. The threats identified as the most serious and pervasive include overfishing, ...


A big lesson from the reef

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The lesson from Australia's Great Barrier Reef is that we have to protect its biodiversity - because biodiversity in turn protects us.


Scientists IDs genesis of animal behavior patterns

Scientists IDs genesis of animal behavior patterns

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, MIT engineers and colleagues have observed the initiation of a mass gathering and subsequent migration of hundreds of millions of animals — in this case, fish.


Trophy Fish Caught on Key West Charter Boats

Historical photographs expose decline in Florida's reef fish, study finds

Biology /

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 5

A unique study by a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has provided fresh evidence of fishing's impact on marine ecosystems. Scripps Oceanography graduate student researcher Loren ...


Fish guts explain marine carbon cycle mystery

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Research published today reveals the major influence of fish on maintaining the delicate pH balance of our oceans, vital for the health of coral reefs and other marine life.