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Marine biology is the scientific study of the organisms that live in the sea, home to countless strange and wonderful creatures. Marine life helps determine the very nature of our planet. Marine biologists today use available tools in their study of the sea. Much remains to be learned, and the oceans remain a realm of great mystery and excitement.

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Sea stars, sometimes called as starfishes have five arms that radiate from a central disk, though some have more than five, sometime close to 50. Hundreds of tube feet protrude from the oral surface ...

Domain: Biology; Category: Marine biology

Some bony fishes use color for camouflage, but others, particularly those living in the tropics, are among the most brightly colored animals in the sea. The colored pigments in bony fishes are mostly ...

Domain: Biology; Category: Marine biology

Cold seeps are places, mostly along continental margins or in sediment-rich basins like the Gulf of Mexico, where hydrogen sulfide and methane produced by the decay of organic matter seep out from ...

Domain: Biology; Category: Biogeography

By-catch are the organisms that are caught unintentionally while fishing for other species. It is estimated that around 25% of the worldwide catch, roughly 25 million tons, is by-catch. The swordfish ...

Domain: Biology; Category: Ecology

Photic zone is the zone from the surface to the depth where there is no longer enough light for organisms to grow by photosynthesis. The depth of the photic zone varies, depending on water clarity ...

Domain: Biology; Category: Biogeography

The volcanic island chains associated with the trenches follow the trenche's curvature and are called island arcs. When two oceanic plates collide, one of the plates dips beneath the other to form ...

Domain: Biology; Category: Biogeography

Most of the deep-sea floor lies at a depth of 16,500 ft. The deep-sea floor or abyssal plain, rises at a very gentle slope of less than 1 degree toward the mid-ocean ridge.Though relatively flat, it ...

Domain: Biology; Category: Marine biology

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