21. Pew Oceans Commission Closer to shore, dolphins often herd fish into shallow water, keeping them trappedwhile other group members feed. oceans host more varied life forms than dry http://www.pewoceans.org/articles/2001/10/04/brief_19077.asp

Press Room Full report Table of Contents Report by Section Executive Summary State of America's Oceans Commission Recommendations ... Introduced Species The Commission issued its final report June 4, 2003 Order your copy today! Which marine species do you feel is most endangered? Sea turtles Swordfish Coral Whales Press Room The Diversity of Marine Life The Pew Oceans Commission has been established to recommend changes in public policy to protect marine biodiversity. It is impossible to put a value on biodiversity or to portray in a few words its contribution to the human experience. These items have been collected to illustrate marine biodiversity and to open a small window on the wonderful complexity and surprise that can be found in the natural history of each sea creature. Life began in the seas 3.1 billion to 3.4 billion years ago. Relative newcomers, land dwellers appeared only 400 million years ago. Every spring, female horseshoe crabs emerge from the depths to lay up to 20,000 small, green eggs. These eggs are a vital link in shorebird migrations. Traveling to Arctic breeding grounds from winter habitats in South America, from 500,000 to over one million shorebirds time their arrival in Delaware Bay to feast on the eggs, doubling or tripling their weight before moving on. Horseshoe crabs are also vital to protecting the nation's pharmaceutical drug supply; their blood provides a valuable test for the toxins that cause septic shock. During spawning, female horseshoe crabs are collected, bled, and returned unharmed to the water. Under federal law, all intravenous drugs must be tested for impurities with horseshoe crab blood.

22. Ocean.com - Everything Ocean Marine debris on the shore of Lisianski Island The pollution is a problem that directlyaffects sea life. Healthy oceans are vital to sustaining all life on http://www.ocean.com/Conservation/OceanPollution.asp

Marine Mammal Conservation Endangered Species Ocean Pollution Habitat Degradation ... Sustainable Fishing Ocean Pollution What’s at stake? All unnatural material that finds its way to the world’s seas is classified as “ocean pollution.” To be more specific, oil spills, toxic chemicals and the dumping of wastes are major sources of ocean pollution. This problem begins with human land use. Our streams and rivers are used as dumpsites, which flow into a larger connected network of waterways. All empty directly into the ocean. Currents move pollutants far from their original source point. They spread rapidly all over the planet via interconnected seas. Types of ocean pollution Oil Pollution This pollution comes from tanker oil spills and accidents, bilge cleaning and other ship operations, used engine oil from cars, oily road runoff and air pollution - mainly from cars and industry. Air pollution becomes oil pollution when rain washes hydrocarbon particles in the atmosphere into the oceans. Other forms of oil pollution are operational discharges from offshore oil production and even from natural oil seepage from the seafloor! Yuck! Courtesy of NOAA Man-made Waste

23. CBC News Indepth: OCEANS out of inland rivers through the near shore, into the ties both to the coastal regionsand the central oceans. The light zone is crucial to life on this planet http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/oceans/part2.html

CBCCat = "Sports,News,Arts,Kids,Interactive"; Sports = "Hockey,Baseball,Football"; News = "Canada,World,SciTech,Local,Consumers,SpecialReports,Business"; Arts = "ArtsNews,Infoculture,Music,Books,ArtsFeatures"; Kids = "CBC4Kids,PreSchool,Teachers"; Interactive = "MessageBoards,Forums,Games,Media"; document.write(""); document.write(""); 01:52 AM EDT Jun 10 Indepth Viewpoint INDEPTH: OCEANS PART II The Six Realms of the Ocean The census divides the ocean in to six "realms." The Human Edge The human edge is the area along the shore; more than half of the human population of the planet lives within 50 kilometres of an ocean. The scientists at the census estimate by the year 2020, 2/3 of the world's population will live by the human edge. MORE : The two zones of the human edge The human edge has been used since the first people emerged in Africa, because it was an area rich in food and resources. The census divides the human edge into two zones: The near shore The near shore, the most accessible part of the ocean, is the best-known and relatively rich in species. It includes beaches, reefs, mangrove swamps and islands, (including the reef off New Caledonia where the census scientists discovered the new mollusks). The near shore makes up two per cent of the oceans, with six per cent of the known species. Coastal Not all species remain in the coastal zone. The best example is the salmon, which swims out of inland rivers through the near shore, into the coastal zone and then into the wider ocean.

24. CBC News Indepth: OCEANS that can create a picture of the oceans before fishing inventory and monitor biodiversityin the shore zones where A global study of deepsea life around the http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/oceans/part3.html

CBCCat = "Sports,News,Arts,Kids,Interactive"; Sports = "Hockey,Baseball,Football"; News = "Canada,World,SciTech,Local,Consumers,SpecialReports,Business"; Arts = "ArtsNews,Infoculture,Music,Books,ArtsFeatures"; Kids = "CBC4Kids,PreSchool,Teachers"; Interactive = "MessageBoards,Forums,Games,Media"; document.write(""); document.write(""); 01:52 AM EDT Jun 10 Indepth Viewpoint INDEPTH: OCEANS PART III The Components of the Marine Census Courtesy CoML The marine census has four components: The History of Marine Animal Populations uses historical and environmental archives to compile information that can create a picture of the oceans before fishing began and to study the impact of human activity and environmental changes after fishing became widespread. Future of Marine Animal Populations uses information from the marine census to develop mathematical models of the ocean ecosystems to predict possible future changes caused both by human and environmental influences. Ocean Biogeographic Information System is a web-based catalogue of global information on marine species using geographic information software as well as online tools to visualize the relationships between species. The census is also working on an educational version aimed at students.

25. 'The Oceans Shore' By Pearlie Duncan Walker: Part Of SOON Online Magazine Have you ever stood on the oceans shore, and looked gleaming off the bow, Into theoceans water, and Problem page, true stories, interviews, life and how to http://www.soon.org.uk/duncan_walker/the_oceans_shore.htm

SOON Online Magazine Poems We welcome poems from readers, and will publish the best. Send them to: Have you ever stood on the oceans shore, and looked far to the other side, Just as the sun is rising, or setting, and wishing a loved one was by your side? You can never see so much beauty here on earth as this doth bring, It makes one so somber, you have a compelling urge to just burst out and sing. Ships passing, masts raised up high, with the sunset gleaming off the bow, Into the oceans water, and it seems to go so much further down below. It's a time of thankfulness, that we are here together this wondrous day, When once in war over there, you seemed close, yet so far, far away. It was at sunset I would dwell upon the things of us, the way we feel, and care, Makes it so awesome in this great beauty, to look to the Lord and talk to Him there, As we know in our hearts, that the glow of the sun upon water was put there by He Who will one day bring us to a place even more wondrous, there in Eternity. He watches after the ships assail, keeps the mighty ocean still as the gentle breeze

26. Introduction All about oceans and the Sea Excellant site for factual information including depths,areas, and much more; life on the Rocky shore - information about http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/weboceansro.html

27. Oceans j578.777 Taylor. From shore to ocean floor; how life survives in the sea. Illustratedby Haris Petie. j574.52636 8273. life in the oceans / Norbert Wu. http://www.lkwdpl.org/schools/elempath/oceans/

WELCOME TO MRS. STENZEL'S OCEANS PATHFINDER PAGE THIRD GRADE LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WORLD WIDE WEB LINKS SHIPWRECKS The Titanic - read about this famous shipwreck or visit the Encyclopedia Titanica for even more detail Titanic Survivor's Tale from National Geographic The Queen of Nations , run aground on May 31, 1881 off the Australian coast has been excavated and pictures of this wreck are available at this site Great Lakes Shipwrecks - stories and pictures from many of the Great Lakes shipwrecks in history. Also check out this page dedicated to the wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald. OCEAN LIFE Animals: Secret of the Ocean Realm from the PBS website Ocean Animals learn about the animals that inhabit the ocean Visit the National Aquarium in Baltimore and see exhibits about many ocean animals online Sea creatures of all kinds can be found on the Oceans page Play Secrets@sea and add to your knowledge of ocean life Plants: Learn all about Seaweed at this site. Marine plant life and algae information can be found here!

28. MSN Encarta - Marine Life of upwellings (see below), and the Arctic and Antarctic oceans. waters are pulledaway from the shore and become and it supports an enormous amount of life. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761562481/Marine_Life.html

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29. Sierra: Our Only Ocean - Care For The Oceans - Includes Related Articles On Fish it s harder to remember that most of our oceans productivity lies What we ruin nolonger stops at the shore. we re willing to commit ourselves to life all the http://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1525/is_n4_v83/ai_20904462

@import url(/css/us/style.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); @import url(/css/us/articles.css); Advanced Search Home Help IN all publications this publication News Automotive Business Computing Entertainment Health News Reference Sports YOU ARE HERE Articles Sierra July-August, 1998 Content provided in partnership with Print friendly Tell a friend Find subscription deals Our only ocean - care for the oceans - includes related articles on fisheries; ocean pollution; coastal habitats; nonindigenous ocean species; global perspective - Cover Story Sierra July-August, 1998 by Nancy Lord On the southeast coast of Spain, the Mediterranean Sea rolls in on white-foamed breakers that, before they topple over themselves, shine with a peculiar gray-green light, a translucency that reminds me of antique bottle glass. Father out, the darker surface pitches into short white peaks, and the solid sea stretches to the long horizon, the curve of the earth where water meets cloud. It's easy enough for me to think myself back to the beginning, to the ancient shores of Ulysses, to the Greek and Roman and Moorish civilizations for whom this was all the ocean in the world. Once this sea must have seemed endless and inexhaustible. And then, with the discovery of a greater ocean beyond, there must again have seemed no limits. There were fish out beyond the straits, and whales and walrus, always another passage and another coast, more of everything. As late as 1818 the great English poet Lord Byron, who spent much of his life traipsing along the Mediterranean coast, wrote: "Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Oceanroll!/Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;/ Man marks the earth with ruinhis control/Stops with the shore..."

30. CoML - Program Summary life and examine biodiversity in nearshore areas in the Biodiversity Research, SenckenbergInstitute, Germany life in the depths of the oceans is poorly http://www.coreocean.org/Dev2Go.web?id=205636

31. The Mariners Thus warm oceans usually cannot feed as many living things as cool watercan. But life is tougher at the sea s edge. Waves pound the shore. http://www.only4ukids.com/knowledge/life/animals/marinevariety/index.shtml

The Mariners Knowledge main Bigbang Computer Earth ... Send Greetings With a span of more than double the size of landmass, the waterworld has always been a source of myriads of life forms. Obviously it is in this world where the first forms of animal life made their appearance. It was long long before they appeared on land. In that sense water world is an older habitat of animals. Like land the geosphere of the waterworld comprising the hydrosphere and the bed below is not uniform. For instance, the depth of the water varies from a few feet at the shore to thousands of feet deep at some parts of the deep seas. There are even places the depth of which goes much more than the world's highest mountain peaks. With such a varying depth the surface of the water bed is also randomly uneven. From comparatively plain basins the surface of the bed, or the topography, diversifies into hills, mountain ranges, valleys, craters and some abysmal trenches. Quite in line with the land, the temperature of the waterworld also varies from warm to freezing cold.

32. LIfe On The Edge Within the confines of the shore, tidal plants and animals have Winds howl acrossthe vast oceans which, over time, slowly erode This is life in the tidepool. http://www.sfgate.com/getoutside/1996/jun/edge.html

Index Fitzgerald Reserve Spineless and Slimy Why Tides? ... Splash Zone Life on the Edge Oceans cover more than 70% of the earth's surface. Everywhere that the ocean meets the land, a unique and brutal habitat exists. Waves pounding at the rocks constantly reshape the coastline. In this narrow band between water and land, strange animals and plants thrive. Within the confines of the shore, tidal plants and animals have developed specializations which allow them to survive. The tidal zone is continually redesigned by three actions: wind, water and rock. Winds howl across the vast oceans which, over time, slowly erode the land as the waves crash against rocks stirred up by the wave action. Imagine pounding one fist into an open hand over and over again. This is life in the tidepool. When the tide retreats the sun beats down relentlessly. Exposed animals and plants need to conserve water to survive until the tide returns. Because the tides slowly invade and retreat, distinct sub-habitats exist within the tidepool, each with unique qualities. In the deeper parts of the tidepools, more water is present. Animals and plants that need constant moisture thrive in this zone. Animals and plants that need constant exposure to air live higher in the tidepool, where the waves simply splash. In between, unique critters straddle both worlds, surviving both in the air and underwater. The intertidal zone (the area between high tide and low tide) is rich with nutrients which are replenished by each incoming tide. As the waves crash down, they carry food necessary for survival of the tidepool inhabitants. Each wave carries a plankton soup which is the main diet of mussels and barnacles. Also, dead plants and animals wash into the tidepool feeding the numerous scavengers and opportunists, like hermit crabs, shore crabs, sea gulls and even anemones.

33. Mars Ocean Hypothesis Hits The Shore :: Astrobiology Magazine :: Search For Life Mars Ocean Hypothesis Hits the shore To test the hypothesis that oceans once coveredmuch and implications for the search for evidence of past life on the http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=5

34. Top Story - Colors Of Life - March 27, 2001 NASA has gathered the first record of photosynthetic productivity in the oceans. naturalrunoff from the region has a nourishing effect on life off shore. http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20010327colors_of_life.html

The SeaWiFS Instrument Monitoring the Earth from Space with SeaWiFS The MODIS Instrument The Earth Observatory ... The Top Story Archive listing can be found by clicking on this link. All stories found on a Top Story page or the front page of this site have been archived from most to least current on this page. For a list of recent press releases, click here. March 27, 2001 - (date of web publication) THE COLORS OF LIFE Note: There are numerous images and animations contained on this page, which may result in longer downloads. All SeaWiFS visualization courtesy: NASA/GSFC and ORBIMAGE INTRODUCTION: Everything about life on Earth depends on life in the ocean. After all, this is a blue planet, with about 70 percent of the total surface awash with one of the most common molecular compounds known: water. The oceans regulate the planet’s biological well being. But water alone is not enough. Life in its most common forms demands a ready supply of a particular element if it’s to thrive: carbon.

35. Waterford Today - 5 May 2004 - Tramore To Host World Oceans Festival 2004 to this particular stretch of rocky shore Provide information on for the publicon World oceans Festival weekend Raise awareness of marine life around our http://www.waterford-today.ie/index.php?id=10240&what=3&issue=197

36. Kellie Keener Same shore, oceans Apart. Clair when she says of her daughter, Lena, ‘Allher life, I have watched her as though from another shore’ (Tan 242). http://www.cl.uh.edu/itc/course/LITR/4333/p1kk.htm

LITR 4333: American Immigrant Literature Sample Student Essay Kellie Keener Dr. Craig White LITR 4333 April 18, 2001 Same Shore, Oceans Apart The Joy Luck Club explores the issues faced by first and second generation Chinese immigrants, particularly mothers and daughters. Although Tan’s book is a work of fiction, many of the struggles it describes are echoed in Maxine Hong Kingston’s autobiographical work, The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts . The pairs of mothers and daughters in both of these books find themselves separated along both cultural and generational lines. Among the barriers that must be overcome are those of language, beliefs and customs, and geographic loyalty. The gulf between these women is sadly acknowledged by Ying-ying St. Clair when she says of her daughter, Lena, "‘All her life, I have watched her as though from another shore’" (Tan 242). Ultimately, it falls to the daughters, the second, divided generation, to bridge the gap of understanding and reconnect with their old world mothers. The Joy Luck Club begins with a fable that immediately highlights the importance of language in the immigrant story. It is the tale of a hopeful young woman traveling from China to America to begin a new life. She carries with her a swan, which she hopes to present to her American daughter someday. The language barrier is exposed when the woman’s good wishes for her future child are defined by the idea that this daughter of an immigrant will never know the hardships endured by her mother because she will be born in America and will "speak only perfect American English" (Tan 18). However, things do not turn out exactly as planned for the young woman. Her lovely swan is confiscated by customs officials, and her treasured daughter, now an adult, does indeed speak only English and cannot understand her mother at all. Without a common language, the expected loving link between mother and daughter is broken. Communication becomes impossible (Huntley 46).

37. Peopleandplanet.net > Coasts And Oceans > Overview > Ocean Planet In Decline pollution that virtually no marine life can survive. reasons relating to the ecologicalvalue of oceans. square foot just for their shore protection functions http://www.peopleandplanet.net/section.php?section=6

38. Ocean Currents, Climate And Weather And Sea Life Ocean Currents, Climate Weather and Sea life. (2) Does water temperature differ betweennearshore and offshore movie on Wind; How doe the oceans affect climate? http://can-do.com/uci/lessons98/Raft.html

Ocean Currents, Climate Weather and Sea Life Created by: Chris Carter Saddleback Unified School District, Orange County, CA USA URL: http://www.can-do.com/uci/lessons98/Raft.html Warm Up Links A Global View from Space - Very Cool by NASA Click here to see live Surf cam images of the from around the world Click here to see weather data, surf cams and surf reports and links from around the world National Buoy Center - Real Time Data Use the Following Web Site Find the Answers to these questions NDBC Education Pages -NOAA (1) Are air temperatures the same over land and water? (2) Does water temperature differ between near-shore and offshore sites? (3) What is air pressure? (4) How are ocean waves described? (5) What causes ocean surface waves? (6) Are wind speeds the same over land as they are over the ocean? (7) What are sea breezes? (8) What are hurricanes? What happens during a hurricane? (9) What are tides? (10) How do tropical storms differ from winter storms? The Ocean Introduction: Watch the Brainpop movie on Waves - All waves in general, not just water waves.

39. Envirokids - Wildlife Stuff For Kids. The Wildlife And Environment Society Has A plants The cycle of life in the oceans starts with plankton provide food for an abundanceof animal life. Inshore predators Many predators feed near the shore. http://wildnetafrica.co.za/envirokids/oceans/oceansoflife.html

Oceans of Life by Cassandra Miller and artwork by Gill Pearson Ocean plants The cycle of life in the oceans starts with sunlight which is used by plants to make their food. There are many more plants in the ocean than on land, but most are like specks of dust in the water. A cubic metre of seawater can contain 200 000 such plants! Drifting in the ocean currents like huge marine pastures, these tiny plants called phyto-plankton provide food for an abundance of animal life. The only large plants in the sea are the kelps and seaweeds found in shallow water where they can get enough light to grow. They feed many inshore animals. Inshore predators Many predators feed near the shore. Starfish and octopus hunt mussels, sea anemones catch small fish, and little fish are eaten by bigger fish, which are eaten by seals, sharks and dolphins. Inshore plant-eaters Many animals live near the shore. There are many plant-eaters (herbivores), and those that eat broken bits of plant and animal (detritivores). Many, like the feather stars and sea cucumbers, simply wait for the plankton and detritus to "rain" down on to them, and then gather it up. Others filter-feed, like mussels, sponges and redbait. They have built-in sieves to collect food from water pumped through their bodies. The largest animals The largest animal ever to live on Earth is the blue whale. Up to 40 metres in length, its heart is as big as a small car! Although so big, it feeds on tiny shrimp-like krill in the zooplankton.

40. Ocean Shore & Reef Protection But pressures on our oceans and coasts continue to mount. polluted runoff causes toxicalgal blooms, forces beach closures, and threatens marine life and human http://www.uneco.org/reefprotection.html

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary PRESIDENT CLINTON AND VICE PRESIDENT GORE: PROTECTING OUR OCEANS AND COASTS May 26, 2000 President Clinton, in a visit to Assateague Island National Seashore at the start of the Memorial Day weekend, will announce new protections for America's beaches, coasts, and ocean resources. The President will direct the Commerce and Interior departments to develop a plan to permanently protect Hawaii's rich coral reefs; issue an Executive Order directing agencies to establish a network of ocean conservation areas; and direct the Environmental Protection Agency to take new steps to limit pollution of beaches, oceans and coasts. In addition, the President will call on Congress to approve his Lands Legacy initiative, which proposes record funding for protecting ocean and coastal resources. New Stresses on Our Oceans and Coasts. The Clinton Administration has taken major steps to protect marine resources, including: extending through 2012 a moratorium on offshore oil and gas leasing; leading international efforts to protect whales and other marine mammals; securing new funding to rebuild marine fisheries; and boosting funding for national marine sanctuaries more than four-fold. But pressures on our oceans and coasts continue to mount.

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