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A community of benthic sea invertebrates, including the nonnative pleated tunicate (Styela plicata) and glass anemone (Aiptasia sp.), growing among eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Alamitos Bay ...
Shiver me timbers and prepare to get wet, Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill! is back for another night of queer chaos, drag comedy and musical performances this time with a pirate twist. Hosts Benthic ...
Deep in the Barents Sea off the northern coast of Norway, the Borealis Mud Volcano has been spewing methane for centuries and supporting a flourishing community of seafloor creatures. Researchers have ...
Benthic-pelagic coupling refers to the interaction between the benthic zone (the bottom of aquatic ecosystems, such as oceans, rivers, or lakes) and the pelagic zone (the open water column above the ...
Zoë L. Hutchison, Monique LaFrance Bartley, Steven Degraer, Paul English, Anwar Khan, Julia Livermore, Bob Rumes, John W. King, OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY AND BENTHIC HABITAT CHANGES, Oceanography, Vol. 33, ...
“This allowed us to model benthic habitats across more than 5,000 square km [1,930 square miles] of the continental shelf.” Sea lion vision ...
Chris Levine has collaborated with the Convex Seascape Survey to create an immersive artwork that delves underwater and introduces viewers to the lesser-known role that the ‘Benthic Zone’ plays in the ...
“The data helped us make a correlation between higher temperatures, tail movement, and swimming speeds.” Shifting into open waters Currently, most sharks are bottom dwellers, residing in the benthic ...
Many of the bottom dwellers are slender, flatter, more medium-sized predators. It was known from fossil-fuel records that some sharks expanded from the benthic zone to the pelagic zone.
Most living shark species are still bottom dwellers, occupying what scientists refer to as the benthic zone. These benthic sharks do not loom as large in popular culture as their fierce open-water ...
These benthic sharks do not loom as large in popular culture as their fierce open-water relatives. Many of the bottom dwellers are slender, flatter, more medium-sized predators.