Sea Animals
Sea animals come in many varieties and the oceanic biome has the most abundant amount of sealife in the world. Many of these animals had to adapt to new water climates and some to even swimming in water constantly. Fish had to adapt to produce gills and whales and mammalian animals had to adapt to breathing under water and also to beable to open their mouthes under water while being able to lose the water taken in through the mouth. Some animals in the sea have not adapted greatly to their environment just like the penguin; a flightless bird that get eaten everyday and is at the bottom of the foodchain just like krill to a whale.
Geographical Location
The geographical location of the oceanic biome includes all body of oceans including the Indian, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, and other smaller salt water seas. Marine and Oceanic Biomes cover a total average of 75% of the earth's surface which includes coral reefs, beaches, oceans, and estuaries. Every continent on the planet is surrounded by a Oceanic background. Oceans have a force that has push and pull factors which are resembled by waves. These waves during the day are pushing and pulling, but when night comes, there is a rising tide in which objects including shells, trash, and animal life are left behind on the beaches or tide pools.
Abiotic Factors
Temperature: Temperature varies throughout the oceanic biomes. Temperatures in the water varies the oxygen content in the water and uses metabolism. Arctic waters since they are located at a higher degree, is much cooler than a tropical ocean located along the equator. Temperature varies by seasons as well but in the equatorial regions, the temperature never changes just like in the arctic regions.
Light: Light in the ocean resembles the depths of its drops. Usually, dark shaded regions in the water symbolize that it is a deep drop from the ocean's ledge. In these areas, oceanic plants do not get photosynthesis and often die or find a new way to create food by adapting. Lighter blues in the water often mean that it is a shallower region then darker areas. These regions are able to perform photosynthesis and that is why you often see a variety of live plant life in shallower regions like seaweed, kelp, and other oceanic plants. Light for oceanic animals is extremely important. Animals living in the dark are proved to be more ferocious then those in the shallower regions. Even though there are a variety of shark attacks on swimmers and surfers, they are mistaken for prey. Sharks usually live in deeper coral reefs and dark blue deep pools.
Water Turbulence: The contant forces in the oceanic waters help improve the habitats of a variety of plants and animals calling it their homes. Moving water prevents shallow or sometimes weakened rooted plants to grow and often are the main diet of vegetarians in the ocean. If there is a large amount of high water turbulence, then animals would most likely not able to survive. The wave motions of the oceans waves resemble the constant water turbulence at a given moment. Even though these waves occur, they don't have enough strength to do the impacts of high water turbulence. The flow or filtration of the water helps keep dirt, garbage, and feces from rising and staying at the top of the water's surface. High water turbulences often result in high tides, monsoons, and whirlpools.
Light: Light in the ocean resembles the depths of its drops. Usually, dark shaded regions in the water symbolize that it is a deep drop from the ocean's ledge. In these areas, oceanic plants do not get photosynthesis and often die or find a new way to create food by adapting. Lighter blues in the water often mean that it is a shallower region then darker areas. These regions are able to perform photosynthesis and that is why you often see a variety of live plant life in shallower regions like seaweed, kelp, and other oceanic plants. Light for oceanic animals is extremely important. Animals living in the dark are proved to be more ferocious then those in the shallower regions. Even though there are a variety of shark attacks on swimmers and surfers, they are mistaken for prey. Sharks usually live in deeper coral reefs and dark blue deep pools.
Water Turbulence: The contant forces in the oceanic waters help improve the habitats of a variety of plants and animals calling it their homes. Moving water prevents shallow or sometimes weakened rooted plants to grow and often are the main diet of vegetarians in the ocean. If there is a large amount of high water turbulence, then animals would most likely not able to survive. The wave motions of the oceans waves resemble the constant water turbulence at a given moment. Even though these waves occur, they don't have enough strength to do the impacts of high water turbulence. The flow or filtration of the water helps keep dirt, garbage, and feces from rising and staying at the top of the water's surface. High water turbulences often result in high tides, monsoons, and whirlpools.
Plant Life
The marine plant life covers ¾ of the ocean and houses hundreds of thousands of different fish species that cover each square foot of the biome. The main kinds of animals that also live amongst this plant life includes whales, dolphins, sharks, and seals. Plants have had many adaptions to survive in the ocean. Soem of these adaptions happen to common vegetarian plants that are eaten and often have to reproduce fast or it could harm the food chain. Plants that are on the sea bottom, have to adapt by growing sturdier and longer roots so water turbulence and other natural happenings don't rip it out. Other adaptions include the ability to reproduce and sometimes create hybrid plant crossing between kelps and sea grasses. Many natural gases are found in the water and allow plants to survive in deep waters. Some plants that are found in the oceanic biome include coral, sea grass, sponge, kelp, seaweed, and other plants.
Attractions and Side Tours
There are a variety of activities that could be done in the marine and oceanic biomes. People can go boating and water skiing on the smooth and majestic waters while some can enjoy swimming and scuba diving in the refreshing saltwater majesties. Some people even can come to try exquisit dining and serving of lobster, crab, shrimp, and fish. We also sometimes have deep fishing in which you try and get a nice sized fish, or even go whale watching and see dolphins and whales in the wild. THIS IS NOT SHAMU! Not only will you enjoy the awesome adventures, but you will also get a better understanding of oceanic life. Some side attractions and biomes that may interest you include the forests and also the taiga and grasslands to see and compare a variety of diverse creatures.
Weather
The weather report of a oceanic biome varies depending on the season and the time of rising tide. The average precipitation in the marine biome yearly is barely noticeable. If there is no storm or an unusual amount of rainfall in the particular ocean, the underwater biome can not have any precipitation underwater. If there is a larger storm like a hurricane or monsoon, the wildlife can be disturbed and vacation attractions would not be availiable. To know the weather of the oceanic biome, you have to check a week ahead.
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What the Hell are we Doing?
Human have made so many mistakes such as the oil spill incidents and air pollution caused by factories and cars that can significantly lower the survival rate of the oceanic wildlife such as coral reefs and fish species. The annual tourists also tend to harm the wildlife without realizing what they are doing wrong. An example of this would be someone touching coral reefs when scuba diving and ultimately killing it because you disturbed it. Antoher example is a person feeding food to a seagull; the seagull believes now that humans are their reliable source for food. There are many endangered species in the marine biome because of the effects on human choices. Some examples of these animals include the Hawksbill turtle, Bluefin tuna, Mediterranean monk seal, Giant clam, North pacific right whale, Great white shark, Sea otter, Dugong, Staghorn coral,Steller Sea lion, Whale shark, Loggerhead sea turtle, and the blue whale.
Is it getting hot in here?
There is definitely a fear of climate change for this biome because the marine animals are very well adapted to the normal temperature of water and constantly adapt to it to where it is nearly impossible to adapt to another temperature, and if this changes, they would not be able to adapt to the new temperature as well as some land based animals would be able to. The coral reefs would especially be devastated by the climate change because they have a specific heat capacity that they survive at and reproduce. Land and oceanic animals such as the polar bears and seals are dying because of the melting of the ice caps and newly powerful water turbulence rips out the oceanic plant life.
Global Importance
The oceanic biome is globally important in a innumerable amount of ways. We get livestock fish and other animals that humans use for food or materials. We also trade across the oceanic biome with other countries over sea. Globally, global warning has caused a global upscur and is killing off some of the world's beutiful creatures and the world doesng't seem to care. We still use factory smokes, have oil spills, fight wars, and use and give out pollution without even thinking. The main global importance is that the animals were descendents of the past and they were here first. Why would we as humans be so inhuman to not allow these creatures to live another couple centuries.
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