Tag: Sea

June 29, 2017 No Responses

Sustainable seafood options

The marine community recognizes that one of the main issue we are facing is over fishing. As a consumer it is important to make sure you are choosing sustainable seafood. Sustainable seafood is seafood that is sustainable caught. It is...
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June 28, 2017 No Responses

Shark fin soup.

Shark fin soup is a gourmet dish in China that is served on special occasions. The fin itself offers little taste, but rather adds a pleasant texture to the dish.   The controversial issue surrounding shark fin soup is that...
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June 24, 2017 No Responses

The Crown of Thorns Sea Star

The crown of thorns sea star is a native species in the Indo-pacific. This species is unique because it has a diet primarily consisting of coral. This is both good and bad. Crown of Thorn sea stars feed on mostly...
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June 21, 2017 No Responses

The wonders of tide pools

Tide pools are my favorite part of marine sciences. The rocky inter tidal is such a hash environment that only the most resilient organisms can survive there. The rocky inter tidal is broken down into three sections, the high, mid,...
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June 17, 2017 No Responses

Luminescent lagoons

A popular tourist destination in many tropical environments are “glowing” lagoons. These bodies of water appear to glow at night and people can pay to get taken out my boat to swim in these magical waters. My parents took a...
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June 15, 2017 No Responses

DS106: Home video gif

@eng304cripps @ds106dc homevideo: my home is the sea pic.twitter.com/JCkXQIaqcV — Alison Higgins (@ahiggins11une) June 16, 2017 This video was taken at the bird sanctuary in Biddeford Pool. I visit this place often during the school year and as a marine....
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June 7, 2017 No Responses

Lets talk about coral reef bleaching.

Coral reef bleaching occurs when corals become stressed and expel the zooxanthellae that lives inside them. Zooxanthellae is a type of phytoplakton that lives inside the coral and gives it its often bright color. When the zooxanthellae are expelled the...
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June 3, 2017 No Responses

Being a Marine Science Major who is afraid of the ocean.

This post is a personal one, but maybe some people can relate. I am going on my fourth year as a marine science major, and i am afraid of the ocean. Okay, so maybe not the ocean in general, but...
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May 27, 2017 No Responses

What happens when a whale dies?

We all know that whales are massive mammals that populate the oceans, but have we ever really thought about what happens when whales die? To put this into perspective a blue whale on average weights about 200,000-300,000 pounds. That is...
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May 27, 2017 No Responses

Scratching the surface

As a Marine Science major i have a passion for the ocean and the creatures that inhabit it. I think i want my blog to be centered around the amazing world that goes on under the waves. Whether it involves...
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