Corals are colony-forming polyps, invertebrates (backboneless animals) that excrete a calcium carbonate skeleton, which forms the coral reefs. The polyps live in symbiosis with photosynthetically active algae (zooxanthellae). The algae supply the coral polyp with nutrients such as glucose, glycerol … Read more
Whale watching exerts a great fascination. Seeing whales in their natural environment is an awe-inspiring experience for most nature lovers. The sight of great whales, the playfulness of dolphins it is an incomparable experience that stays with people. Whale watching tourism … Read more
Ocean acidification is the ongoing increase in the acidity of the Earth’s oceans, caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Increasing acidity is having harmful consequences for marine organisms, such as altering metabolic rates and immune responses … Read more
Sounds strange? Those are two words most people do not interconnect with each other. But upon hearing the term, you can associate the word blue with the ocean and the word carbon makes you think of carbon dioxide. So you … Read more
BY: DAVID PATON,1, NADINE GIBBS1 and PHIL CLAPHAM2 1Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre, PO Box 157 Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia 2Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA INTRODUCTION On 11th March 2003, the Fijian … Read more