I came across a rather disturbing article a couple of weeks ago that stated if current trends continue, then all fish in the world’s oceans will be gone by 2050. Whether or not that is an accurate assessment, the fact remains that over-fishing and pollution are posing an ever-increasing threat to commercial fish populations. In ...
Every ounce of water on the earth’s surface has been a part of the ocean at one time or another. The oceans have become important sources of economic livelihood. Many maritime industries throughout the world, including fishing, shipbuilding, transportation, and recreation depend on the oceans. They are the highways for commercial and passenger ships. However, ...
UMAC Core stands for Unique Marine Algae Concentrate. What this means in more simplified terms is that UMAC Core is made up of microscopic salt-water algae. In fact under ingredients, “proprietary blend marine phytoplankton” is the only one listed. The algae is harvested from the Georgia Straits off the coast of Vancouver Island and the ...
Has someone really found the cure for cancer? Maybe. Marine phytoplankton is a plant that grows in the ocean and some swear that it has cured them of cancer. It is said that one-third of all cancer deaths come as a result of malnutrition. Marine phytoplankton is one of the strongest things on Earth you ...
Water, be it salt water, fresh or even seasonal bodies of water, wherever you find water you will find plankton. Plankton is not one type of organism but is a rich, living soup of two groups of ingredients, zooplankton and phytoplankton, the meat and vegetables if you please. Phytoplankton The one celled algae that make ...
The Antarctic krill, euphausia superba, are almost invisible to the naked eye. They only measure 2.3 inches (6.2 centimeters) in length, and weigh about 0.03 ounces (1 gram). Their bodies are divided into 3 sections, 2 of which are fused together (the head and thorax form the cephalothorax). Each section is then divided into individual ...
Many ecosystems have different types of Species those have different manners of interrelationship among them. These species interact with each other to establish a stable ecological balance. These types of relationships may be of interspecific or intraspecific categories. Different types of associations are discussed below : a) Saprotropism: In this type of association one type ...
Vitamin D, as most of us know, can be obtained directly from the sunlight. Our body absorbs it, when we spend time outdoors under the sun. If we are deficient in this vitamin, we will also probably have weak bones as well. This is because vitamin D aids our body in its absorption of calcium. ...
Corals hail from the Caribbean, Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. They provide a home, food and protection for fish and invertebrates in the reefs of the world as well as in the home aquaria. Moreover, with the numerous species of coral available in the marine hobby, diversity and uniqueness have become commonplace. Aquarists have become fascinated ...