Essays on Marine Life

Pollution: Impact on Marine Life In the world today, pollution remains to be among the key issue troubling the global economy, the physical wellbeing of people and the daily lives. Most of the issues relating to climate change and chronic illnesses affecting lives are related...

We live in a noisy world. Over the last 100 years as humans have increasingly used the worlds waterways for shipping, defence and natural resources the level and amount of man-made noises have increased. Marine mammals fish and invertebrates rely on sound to communicate under...

What’s the first thing that comes into your mind when you’re told that a species has been identified as immortal? It’s understood that immortality means having the ability to live forever or last forever. Along with that, it’s also perceived that immortality has always thought...

Phytoplanktons are the most important biomass producers in global aquatic ecosystems. The organisms populate the top layers of the oceans and freshwater habitats where they receive sufficient solar radiation for photosynthesis. Algae produce approximately 52, 000, 000, 000 tons of organic carbon per year, which...

Polycyclic musk compounds have been determined in the environmental matrices and in biological tissues in the last decade yet no reference to their chronic toxicity in the marine environment. In the present research, the clams, Ruditapes philippinarium were exposed to 0.005, 0.05, 0.5, 5 and...

Executive Summary The case would highlight the e-Procurement procedures in the Shipping Industry where I have been working since 1996. Having experienced the transition from conventional industry methods to the latest e-Procurement technology I would be presenting the in-depth analysis of same. Presently on board...

Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated near the equator and surrounded by the Indian Ocean. Nature gifted water species especially ornamental fish, reef fish, invertebrates, live corals and aquatic plants are of considerable importance to Sri Lankan economy. During the past few decades, the...

Ecological efficiency describes the efficiency with which energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next. It is determined by a combination of efficiencies relating to organismic resource acquisition and assimilation in an ecosystem. An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem that is water based....

Marine Biology Paper: Echinoderms Echinoderms are a phylum of marine organisms. They are generally characterized as invertebrates that have hard, internal calcium based skeletons, a water vascular system, and a five-rayed radial symmetry. Some examples of echinoderms are starfish, sand dollars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers,...

Taking into account that around 70% of the earth is covered in oceans, marine biology is evidently a vital discipline in the protection of life in the waters. Marine biology is the scientific study of oceanic organisms or brackish and aquatic bodies in the water....

Marine biology and marine sciences have many avenues of research and there is always some kind of research going on in this area. One of the growing concerns of marine sciences and biology is the issue of harmful algae blooms in the seas. Harmful algal...

Seattle Aquarium’s goal is to inspire people regarding marine environment conservation. They provide education regarding marine preservations and handling as an exciting adventure and a more fun discovery about the extraordinary Puget Sound. Seattle Aquarium is under the support of a non-profitable organization promoting interests...

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is an Inter-governmental organization established by the convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources. The Commission, aided by the Scientific Committee (established under the Convention), is responsible for developing measures playing a pivotal...

The Spratly Islands, being the center of the claims within the renowned South China Sea (SCS) international dispute conflict is famous for its wealth of economic resources and also its strategic position. The importance of Spratly is undeniable. Further to this, the claiming issue is...

Despite the world taking measures to address the dangers made by the movements of ultra-hazardous dangerous cargoes, some gaps exist in the lawful administration of these exercises. An apparent accord has been agreed at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to influence the Code for the...

This study aimed to decide the favored mastering style of BS Marine Transportation class 2019 of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP). A whole of 163 respondents answered a 40- item simplified questionnaire based on the Honey and Mumford Learning Style Questionnaire....

Everybody has known about putting away information in the cloud, yet shouldn’t something be said about in the briny profundities? On Wednesday (June 6), Microsoft lowered a submarine-like information center into the sea off the shore of Orkney a gathering of islands close Scotland as...

Bioluminescence is the term used to define the chemical that produces light energy within the body of an organism. For the reaction to take place organism must contain a molecule called luciferin, which then reacts with oxygen to produce light. According to scientists, there are...