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Plants and animals from the pelagic zone could be included in a marine biotope system.

An interconnected saltwater aquarium set-up comprised of several biotope-specific tanks is a great project and a good way to learn about natural marine ecosystems.

Coral reefs are found around the world. Their biodiversity is great, but they are in danger of being destroyed.

Open ocean scuba diving, with "Man-eaters" off Dyer Island South Africa is an experience not quickly forgotten.

Tsunami generated by severe earthquake or submarine landslides pose a risk to boats, boaters and other coastal residents. Often they can be predicted and mitigated.

Visitors to the new Sant Ocean Hall exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History can expect many startling revelations from its new show, "Going to Sea."

NOAA has completed construction of U.S. Tsunami Warning System through deployment of two DART II buoys in the South Pacific.

One of the largest aquariums in the world, Sydney Aquarium is home to more than 12,000 Australian creatures including fish, sharks, crocodiles, platypuses and more.

Nibbles, a juvenile elephant seal has been attacking other inhabitants at the mouth of the Russian River. Some possible reasons are based in his species' natural history

The Maui Ocean Center shows visitors Hawaii's sea life, including sharks, rays, and sea turtles, as well as tiny creatures such as seahorses and sea snakes.

Many people have learned that if sharks stop moving they will die. However this is not always true.

There are plenty of stories of people getting hit by lightning but few about lightning fried fish. Find out whether lighting strikes hit fish and why or why not.

One of the more popular ways of getting to Newfoundland is by ferry across the Cabot Strait, and for good reason; it's a grand experience.

On September 3, 2009, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) chose not to oppose US fish-farming plans, much to the chagrin of fishing lobbyists.

Dragonflies leave India, fly across the Indian Ocean to Africa with the assistance of storms, and their great grandchildren may make the return journey to India.

Defense mechanisms such as camouflage, spines, and poisons help fish escape predators.

Albatrosses are large seabirds best known to those who spend a lot of time at sea south of the equator or in the North Pacific.

6 species of dolphins and porpoises are on the endangered list, but 22 others might be if enough was known about them. So what happens when the data just isn't there?

Try sea kayaking, explore salt marshes and tidal rivers or enjoy freshwater ponds and streams. Cape Cod's varied waters offer plenty of options for water based holiday.

Tidal Bores occur in select locations around the world. Eastern Canada's Bay of Fundy offers viewers the chance to witness this natural phenomenon.

A study published in Science magazine describes the human impacts on global marine ecosystems in a visual map of temperature, uv radiation and acidification

In a repeat of the wanderings of Humphrey, two humpback whales are travelling the wrong way. What brings them in? Are bridges a part of the problem of getting them out?

Human encroachment and overfishing are concerns but protection of nesting beaches for other sea turtle species may help the flatback turtle from becoming endangered.

Moby Dick's whale is still being hunted by Japan and Indonesia. Oceanic pollution, underwater sound, boat traffic and drift nets also problems for the sperm whale.

Puget Sound, the Straits of Georgia, and the Straits of Juan de Fuca form a single ecosystem, and may soon be known by a single name, The Salish Sea.

Vast herds of caribou roam the the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but the refuge is home to hundreds of other species as well.

Understanding the structure, development and behavior of water waves is an important seamanship skill that boaters should understand.

Stretching across 500 miles of the some of the most beautiful waters in the world, "The Islands of the Bahamas" are a 100,000 square mile tropical archipelago.

Sharks, seahorses, penguins, sea otters, touch pools and a fun Splash Zone for kids make the Monterey Bay Aquarium a top family attraction on California's Pacific Coast.

Summer travel in Southern Europe can mean sweltering cities and overcrowded hot beaches, but Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal also have cooler places to escape the heat.

Small pelagic invertebrates are near the base of many food chains.

The role of the sea in dictating the lifestyle of the Vikings is crucial to understand, given their proximity to the ocean and their reliance upon it.

Rapa Nui, or Easter Island to most people, remains one of the most mysterious islands in the South Pacific because of the huge monolithic heads scattered about.

New EU shark protection document a start but conservation groups express concerns about enforcement issues, voluntary fisheries management and data collection measures.

This planet teems with an amazing diversity of living species. How does gene flow help drive the process of evolution to produce such a riotous multitude of life?

Dams affect oceans in a variety of ways by altering the flow of rivers leading into the sea.

All the usual rules and principles of landscape photography apply at the coast, together with a few that are special to this environment.

Once a target for whaling boats, now humpbacks draw whale watching crowds with their acrobatics, as they rebound from a history of being hunted.

Coastal plants are often large, but the most important plant food in the sea is microscopic.

Determined to destroy the white whale that cost him his leg, Captain Ahab (Gregory Peck), relentlessly pursues the scarred, white leviathan, Moby Dick.

Three groups of orca (also called killer) whales frequent Puget Sound and the Straits of Georgia: the southern residents, the transients, and the off-shore orcas.

Many saltwater fishes that naturally live on reefs are not reef-compatible in a tropical marine aquarium. This is why a reef-associated fish may not be sold as reef-safe.

Often overlooked by travellers to South America, the islands of San Andres and Providencia offer visitors sun, eco-tourism and shopping.

Of the five species of sea turtles found in U.S. waters, all of which are listed under the Endangered Species Act, two nest fairly regularly on the beaches of Alabama.

Scientific research provides new magnetic, electric and semiochemical solutions to an effective shark encounter repellent.

Scientists now know that sea-ice in the Arctic and Antarctic is shrinking and they are attributing it to a warmer atmosphere and warmer oceans.

Although not well-known to the public and typically overlooked by the press, the late Ordovician mass extinction event is the most understood by paleontologists.

Tagging Of Pacific Predators, a project of the Census of Marine Life, monitors ocean animals. May improve protection of endangered species and management of fisheries.

Using Global Positioning Systems, scientists have shown that the wandering albatross tracks dimethyl sulfide odors from phytoplankton, copepod and krill when foraging.

Many factors affect the performance and capability of a boat hull. Examples include waterline length, displacement and the number of hulls used.