- Aquaculture - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Aquaculture is the farming in fresh and saltwater environments of aquatic animals or plants principally for food Fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and kelp are a few examples
- How do marine animals hear? - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Sound travels faster and farther in water than air, helping marine animals like whales, corals, and crabs navigate, communicate, and survive by detecting and responding to underwater acoustic signals
- Marine Mammals - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Marine mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates (animals with a backbone) that bear live young and nourish them with milk as land mammals do, but that spend most or all of their lives in the ocean They are broken into three groups that share similar adaptations to their aquatic life, but that have very different origins and life patterns
- Five marine living fossils you should know about
Living fossils are among the oldest animals in the ocean They are rare survivors of ancient lineages and resemble fossils dating back hundreds of millions of years Many scientists believe these creatures give us a glimpse of what marine life was like long ago Here are five animals that researchers are studying to learn more about the past and present of life in the ocean
- Life in the Arctic Ocean - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
They become available as food for higher organisms in the food web, the zooplankton—tiny marine animals that, in turn, are eaten by larger animals, from fish to jellyfish to whales A rich and vulnerable ecosystem Nowhere is the plankton ecosystem less well-understood than in the Arctic Ocean
- Ocean Life - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Incredible diversity exists in the ocean, from microscopic organisms to the largest animals on Earth
- A new tagging method for fragile marine species – Woods Hole . . .
Rapid, Non-Invasive Method Proves Effective on an Array of Animals Woods Hole, Mass -- Tagging marine animals with sensors to track and study their movements can provide researchers with important environmental and behavioral information, including energy usage, habitat changes, and migration patterns
- Jellyfish Other Zooplankton - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jellyfish and other zooplankton are animals that live all or part of their life suspended and drifting in fresh or salt water, rarely come in contact with hard surfaces
- Sharks Other Fish - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Fish are aquatic animals that were among the first vertebrates (animals with a backbone) to evolve on Earth They are divided into two broad groups: teleosts, which have a bony skeleton and symmetrical tail and include most familiar fish species, and elasmobranchs, which have a skeleton made of cartilage and include sharks, rays and skates
- Sea Life Is Accumulating Pathogens - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Marine animals can become infected with zoonotic microbes when they ingest contaminated water while filtering the water for food, or by eating infected prey, such as plankton, shellfish or fish Some animals—gulls, for example—may become infected by foraging from sewage collection ponds
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