Seagrass Meadows - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2021年7月26日 · Seagrass meadows protect against coastal erosion during storms and other large-wave events. The plants’ roots help hold sediment in place and their leaves slow the flow …
Seagrass – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Seagrass. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is the world's leading non-profit oceanographic research organization. Our mission is to explore and understand the ocean and to educate …
Ocean Encounters: Jellies - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Please contact WHOI Digital Assets at [email protected] or (508) 289-2647. Jellyfish and other ocean “jellies” may be best known for their painful stings, but they play an important role in …
Phytoplankton - A Simple Guide - WHOI
2020年8月20日 · Phytoplankton are mostly microscopic, single-celled photosynthetic organisms that live suspended in water. Like land plants, they take up carbon dioxide, make …
Excess Nutrients Lead to Dramatic Ecosystem Changes in Cape …
2023年2月21日 · With the loss of seagrass meadows, such as what we've seen in Waquoit Bay, we're actively releasing that carbon back to the atmosphere.” Long added that using …
Marine Microplastics - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2021年6月3日 · Marine microplastics are small fragments of plastic debris that are less than five millimeters long. Some microplastics, known as primary microplastics, are “micro” by design: …
Coastal Restoration & Blue Carbon - Woods Hole Oceanographic …
2022年2月9日 · The tidal marshes, mangrove forests, and seagrasses found in coastal areas hold the most blue carbon, but marine organisms and biological processes in the open ocean also …
Coastal Ecosystems - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2007年4月23日 · The narrow region where land and ocean meet is among the most dynamic and complex collection of physical and biological systems on Earth. These can include seagrass …
Oxygen Dead Zones - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2020年1月24日 · Mitigation strategies work: In Florida, the city of Tampa Bay restored wetland and seagrass beds by reducing nutrient levels entering the coastal area. The nine countries …
Midnight Zone - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2024年10月31日 · The resulting bathypelagic, or midnight, zone extends to about 4,000 meters (about 13,100 feet), which reaches the ocean floor in many places. In addition to the lack of …