Marine science stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

snails. Scientists studying these snails found that while 47 percent of the snail population was striped, 56 percent of the snails eaten by birds were striped. What could scientists conclude about the snails? - ANSWER Solid shell snail genes will increase in the population. The flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, destroys healthy tissue. Infectious agents such as this are best classified as what kind of environmental factor? - ANSWER Pathogenic Between 1932 and 1968, a chemical facto...

Marine Science - ANSWER Process of discovering facts, processes, & unifying principles that explain nature of oceans & their associated life forms.; Involves physical, life & earth/space science How much of the oceans have humans seen? - ANSWER Very little of the ocean; about the size of a period on a page Who made the first recorded sea voyage? - ANSWER The Egyptians What did the Phoenicians do for marine science? - ANSWER Established first trade routes through mediterranean earliest ...

from the west and blows toward east. Sea Level - ANSWER Average level of sea surface Gyre - ANSWER Single circular water flow in each ocean basin. Ekman Spiral - ANSWER Moving water transfers energy to layers underneath it, slightly to the right. Western Ocean Boundary Currents - ANSWER Along the Eastern edge of continent; narrow & fast. Eastern Ocean Boundary Currents - ANSWER Along the Western edge of continent, wide & shallow. Countercurrent - ANSWER Flows in direction oppos...

What is the relationship between the economy and environmental quality? - ANSWER NOT There is no relationship between the economy and environmental quality. During nesting season, each female loggerhead sea turtle will lay several clutches of eggs, each one being around 100 eggs. On average, one out of 1000 eggs will survive to adulthood. This is an example of what biological process? - ANSWER Overproduction What impact would the destruction of a seagrass habitat have on the ecosystem and ...

can water molecules in the atlantic ocean reach the pacific ocean? - ANSWER yes the california current travels over the north atlantic current and around america then back to the california current are marine mammals affected by changes in sea surface temperature? - ANSWER if the water is too cold they migrate somewhere warmer. their migration patterns are affected what is the communications signal sent up to a satellite? - ANSWER uplink what would a map of the surface currents in the a...