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Chapter 12: More Destruction
Osha talks about a man named John McManus. John works for ICLARM, the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management. Apparently John pulled a rabbit our of hat trick, “McManus explain to laypeople why what’s happening is important.” You know someone is smart, when they can take something so technical and put it into common words, and relate it to the common person. “Seventy percent of the world’s fisheries are already at or beyond carrying capacity,” “Entire… Continue
Posted on November 11, 2008 at 4:08pm — 3 Comments
Blast fishing and cyanide kiling
Chapter 11 starts off with 2 quotes and I really like these quotes. It kind of relates to some of America’s problems with corruption and greediness. Osha meets a 29 year old Dutch fisheries biologist. Tall, luminous brown eyes, lithe, and beautiful, this chick sounds perfect. The biologist name is Lida and she has been working in Ujungpandang , try saying that 9 times fast. Lida is riding with people called Bugis. “The B… Continue
Posted on November 11, 2008 at 3:50pm — 2 Comments
The not so great Nyamuk Besar
Osha and his associate Stefano wanted to go see Nyamuk Besar. Dutch geologist, Johanne Umbgrove, went to go see Nyamuk Besar, Johanne was so amazed about what he saw, he wrote some poetry about it. “The unrivalled splendour and wealth of forms and the delicate tints of the coral structures, the brilliant colours of fishes, clams, sea anemones, worms, crabs, star fishes, and the whole rest of reef animals are so attractive and interesting that it seems impossible to give an adequate description o… Continue
Posted on October 5, 2008 at 8:25pm — 1 Comment
Sea turtles... what more do you need.
I might have said this before but it seems like Osha start’s off like a poem and then goes into marine information. It is a great way to keep the reader’s attention. Chapter 9 is all about sea turtles. Osha takes what seems like a boring animal and turns it interesting. When I think of sea turtles, I think slow-moving and non-threatening creatures. Well, that’s what they still are; he just goes in deep about them. “After yo… Continue
Posted on September 15, 2008 at 8:04am — 1 Comment
The hills have Bolca and the sea has wrasse
I think its amazing how Osha was able to find a fish reference from William Shakespeare but then again I never read Pericles. Bolca sounds like a german soup but it's a place where the hills have fossils, "… Continue
Posted on September 10, 2008 at 6:58pm — 1 Comment
WATER...
warm
tropical
water
flowing
ever
so slowly
...northward
tropical
water
flowing
ever
so slowly
...northward
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Use the space below to reflect on our latest class session... and introduction to the ins & outs of coral reef formation.
The slide set we used to facilitate our chat can be viewed here: (soon)
In the space below, tell what connections you made ...
yes, and yes... and also simply trap it within a structure they can close. think: mollusks.
I understand now. That helps.
To an extent. Does this mean they find water to make gills efficient, or does it mean they produce a saliva or water based substance to clear up their needs?
Whoa. That's sick to think algae is in all those common everyday things Americans eat. Didn't he also say it was in gum. Or am I totally making that up? I'll have to check up on that.
You did an awesome job looking up all those definitions. I'm a visual learner too, so when I was making my post. I opened up my Marine Biology book. I have to see it in person, or in pictures to understand something. One thing I think we all didn'...
Also, I have a quick question. In this picture, is this considered a tide pool? I am confused because it is not in an enclosed pool but it still has to go through the different levels of high-tide and low-tide.
So I love chocolate milk and pudding so this is a cool way to connect the ocean and the foods we eat to people like me who are not to much of sea food fans. I never would have guessed but i would have never really thought about it either.
Hey this is what mine is about. There are the four different levels and that pretty much determines how much sun and water each are exposed to, i think.
I, being the procrastinator, am just starting to do this assignment (you know the one that is due in just a couple of hours). Therefore, I am doing this two weeks after the lesson and the thing that stuck with me the most was the tide pools. The p...
Before last class period I knew nothing about oceanic zones, I learned that there are two main oceanic zones called the pelagic and the Benthic zones both of which are seperated into smaller zones within them. I also learned that light penetrates ...
Hmmmm..... I see it here just fine.
Nicely done.
What happened to my reply? When you click on Zones & Trophic levels and then go to the last page, you don't see mine at all, but if you go over to the Latest Activity and hit the "replied" link, you can see it.
During class, we began to talk about seaweed. When Mr. Nash asked if we knew what it felt like, I hadn't, because I'd never really seen seaweed in real life. I've been to an ocean and all, but never been to a spot that wasn't a beach where tons of...
Remember... the trophic pyramid is real. It is just that above coral reefs... it seems to be "inverted." Of course, this cannot be. There is simply no way to consume more than is produced. Thus, we spoke of the trophic pyramid on a coral reef as b...
Again... excellent clarification of some possible confusion between supralittoral... and littoral.
Apparent inverted trophic pyramid... apparent. It really cannot be inverted. In fact, this is related to the Law of Conservation of Mass/Energy.
Lungs are good at extracting oxygen from dry air. Gills are efficient only when wet.
Therefore, the paradox is most easily solved with regard to marine critters by finding a way to keep their gills wet during periods of drying.
Make sense?
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