Sea Grass Benefits

1.  Sea Grass is home to many types of fish

2. Sea Grass provides detritus for fish.

3. Sea Grass cleanse the water.

4. Sea Grass can be a nursery for coral reef marine life.

5. Sea Grass are a food source for many types of marine life.

Monitor Lizard

The monitor lizard, also known as Varanus Indicus, can be found in Africa and all across Asia, including the surrounding seas. Female monitor lizards bury their eggs in holes or hollow tree stumps that the female monitor lizard then covers with dirt in order to protect her eggs. Monitor lizards can lay up to 30 eggs at a time, although many monitor lizard lay less, and only a lucky few of the monitor lizard babies tend to survive. Their main prey are rodents, snakes, and other lizards. They are apex predators, and use sharp claws and can sometimes be smaller than 20 cm in length. I chose this animal because I am fond of the komodo dragon, which is the largest of the species.

Mangroves

There are Black, Red, and White mangrove trees. Black mangroves have tubular vertical roots that absorb and take in oxygen. Red mangroves have an elaborate prop and aerial root system that stabilizes the trees. White mangroves are the shortest and have un-buttressed roots. Mangroves provide homes, food, and break down pollutants. They also protect vulnerable coastlines from tropical storms and they also prevent coastal erosion. They can be used for charcoal and also fishing poles which benefits the fishing industry. 

Ocean Garbage Patch

The Ocean Garbage Patch is located in the North Pacific Ocean and gyre of marine debris like plastics, chemical sludge, and other debris which was formed by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre. It can end up in the stomachs of many marine life and cause death because the animals' digestion can not break down the debris. Man can help clean up and safely remove plastic and debris from the oceans, and also man can recycle plastics so they do not end up in the ocean.

Loggerhead turtle

The Loggerhead Sea Turtle, or Caretta caretta, lives in all but some of the coldest oceans in the world. They have forelimbs that are modified into paddle-like flippers for swimming. They are currently endangered and their nesting populations are decreasing even though they are receiving protection. The sea turtle is my favorite animal, and I prefer this one to the others because it is the largest. 

Ocean Acidification

It is the ongoing decrease in the pH of Earth's oceans that is caused by Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere. It causes planktonic and benthic organisms to become weaker and face dissolution. Humans burning fossil fuels and using CO2 on land is contributing to it. We can extract carbonic acid for use in making synthetic fuel. I learned that one third of all carbon dioxide emitted by humanity has been absorbed by the world’s oceans and that we are destroying approximately one coral reef everyday. I also learned that coral reefs are being lost more than twice as fast as the rainforests.

5 facts about Plankton

• Plankton are viewed as the foundation for food webs in the oceanic ecosystem.  

  The plankton provide a source of food for larger organisms such as fish, crustaceans and even whales.

Phytoplankton are a type of plankton that use photosynthesis to provide energy to the rest of the body. 

• Phytoplankton serve as the food source for zooplankton.

Zooplankton are oceanic animals that rarely swim. Instead, the organisms drift and move using currents and waves in the body of water.