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Ecology of Choctawhatchee Bay Florida
Santa Rosa Sound are sandy, shallow, greenish-brown expanses of brackish water surrounded by marsh grasses and oyster beds. At the east end of the bay, the Choctawhatchee River winds its ... type of sea grasses impossible. Incoming tide water flow (blue=saltwater, green=freshwater) Outgoing tide water flow (green=freshwater,blue-green=brackish water) As a result only patches of brown sea grass grow ...
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SoundNet - Florida's Coastline, Coastal Waters: A Pattern of Distress
Florida. The lagoon is just ... poisoning; and others believed to cause lesions on fish, tumors in sea turtles and disease in marine mammals. Meanwhile, new blooms of ... breakthroughs that may lie on Florida's ocean floors - one sea sponge found here contains a compound that has stopped cancer ...
www.oceania.org.au


Basin Issues
Recent research done by Dr. Michael Poirrier, a scientist at the University of New Orleans, presented good news about sea grasses along the north ... increase would not have occurred without improved water and habitat quality. The restoration of the sea grasses is an important goal for Lake Pontchartrain and their increase is another good sign ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Information Sources & Quality
To complete Red List assessments of this ...
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Marine - Defenders of Wildlife
Prairie Dog, Black-Tailed Red Wolf Right Whale River Otter Salmon San Joaquin Kit Fox Sea Otter Sea Turtles Sharks Snow Leopard Snowy Owl Sonoran Pronghorn Spotted Owl, Mexican Spotted Owl, ... factors. Plants Marine habitats are the home to seaweeds, or marine algae (brown, green, red), sea grasses, which are the only marine flowering plants, and mangroves, located on muddy tropical shores. Animals ...
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Green Sea Turtle
Sea Turtle Conservation Program There is some confusion concerning the diet of the Green Sea Turtle because adults feeding is rarely observed in the wild. It is believed that they feed on sea grasses and algae (Keuper-Bennett and Bennett 2001). They also likely feed on crabs, crustaceans, and other submerged aquatic vegetation (CRESLI 2001). Little is known about Green Sea Turtle ...
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Euroturtle - Introduction to Sea Turtles
Green turtles are herbivores, feeding on sea grasses, algae and mangrove shoots. see Sea Turtle Biology section for more information There is some evidence that young Sea Turtles can confuse oil droplets for food ... at night, the group makes its way down the beach and enters the sea. This race to the sea is important for the hatchlings' biological cycle. Loggerhead turtles emerging from their nest ...
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EuroTurtle - Green Sea Turtle
Feeding: Seagrass illustration: M. Demma © ICRAM Mature green turtles feed during the day time in the sea grass beds that grow in shallow waters. They graze these sea grasses, ... a higher protein intake. The serrated jaw or tomium allows for efficient grazing of sea grasses. Picture | Size and body mass | Diagnostic features | Geographical distribution | Habitat and Biology | Threats to ...
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MarineBio.org - Marine Biology, Ocean Life Conservation, Sea creatures, Biodiversity, Oceans research...
Forests of the Sea Phytoplankton, diatoms, dinoflagellates, algae, sea grasses, and kelp... the flora of the ocean. Light & Color Sunlight in the sea and its interaction with ocean ... Ocean? Woods Hole Oceanographic Arcticphoto.co.uk Bering Sea Black Sea Clay Coleman Clownfish gallery Deep Ocean Photography Deep Sea Creatures! Deep Sea Expeditions Doubilet Gallery Espen Rekdal - Interview w ...
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Sea Turtles
Each species relies on a different diet: green turtles eat sea grasses; leatherbacks feed on jellyfish and soft-bodied animals; loggerheads eat heavy-shelled animals such ... States. Among the threats these marine reptiles face are entanglement, habitat loss and hunting. Sea turtles are drowned and killed when caught in fishing gear. Coastal development destroys important ...
savethesea.org




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