(Marine Mammals System)

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• Marine mammals and sonar — A Humpback whale Active sonar, the transmission equipment used on some ships to assist with navigation, has been suggested[1] to be detrimental to the health and livelihood of some marine animals, although the precise mechanisms for this are not… …   Wikipedia

• Marine debris — on the Hawaiian coast Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human created waste that has deliberately or accidentally become afloat in a lake, sea, ocean or waterway. Oceanic debris tends to accumulate at the centre of gyres and on… …   Wikipedia

• Marine Protected Area — (MPA) is often used as an umbrella term covering a wide range of marine areas with some level of restriction to protect living, non living, cultural, and/or historic resources. A commonly used definition is the one developed by the World… …   Wikipedia

• Marine mammal — A Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), a member of order Cetacea …   Wikipedia

• Marine Mammal Protection Act — This article is about the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of 1972 of the United States. For the Act of New Zealand, see Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978. One species of marine mammal: a young harbor seal relaxes on a rock off the coast of… …   Wikipedia

• marine ecosystem — Introduction       complex of living organisms in the ocean environment.       Marine waters cover two thirds of the surface of the Earth. In some places the ocean is deeper than Mount Everest is high; for example, the Mariana Trench and the… …   Universalium

• Marine biology — Only 29 percent of the world surface is land. The rest is ocean, home to the marine lifeforms. The oceans average four kilometers in depth and are fringed with coastlines that run for nearly 380,000 kilometres. Marine biology is the scientific… …   Wikipedia

• Marine pollution — While marine pollution can be obvious, as with the marine debris shown above, it is often the pollutants that cannot be seen that cause most harm. Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful effects, can result from the entry… …   Wikipedia

• Marine protected area — Milford Sound, New Zealand is a Strict Marine Reserve (Category Ia) Mitre Peak, the mountain at left, rises 1,692 m (5,551 ft) above the sea.[1] Marine protected areas, like any protected area, are regions in which human activity has… …   Wikipedia

• Mammals of Borneo — The mammal species of Borneo include 288 species of terrestrial and 91 species of marine mammals recorded within the territorial boundaries of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. The terrestrial mammals are dominated by the chiroptera (102 species of …   Wikipedia

• Marine habitats — Coral reefs provide marine habitats for tube sponges, which in turn become marine habitats for fishes Littoral zone …   Wikipedia