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Marine biology is the scientific study of living organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather than on taxonomy. Marine biology differs from marine ecology as marine ecology is focused on how organisms interact with each other and environment and biology is the study of the animal itself.
Marine life is a vast resource, providing food, medicine, and raw materials, in addition to helping to support recreation and tourism all over the world. At a fundamental level, marine life helps determine the very nature of our planet. Marine organisms contribute significantly to the oxygen cycle, and are involved in the regulation of the earth's climate. Shorelines are in part shaped and protected by marine life, and some marine organisms even help create new land.
Marine biology covers a great deal, from the microscopic, including most zooplankton and phytoplankton, where zooplankton can be as small as 0.02 micrometers or as big as 2 meters in the case of the sunfish to the huge cetaceans (whales) which reach up to a reported 48 meters (125 feet) in length.
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Date: 01/14/2009
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 865 items
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Cup Coral, RasUmmSid, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 1011
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Knotty Gorgonian Coral, Palau Islands , Micronesia
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 1003
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Green Eyed Hermit Crab, RasUmmSid, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 1126
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Longnose Hawkfish , Sipadan Island, Borneo
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 972
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Blue Spotted Ribbon tail Stingray, Perth, Australia
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 1107
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Spider Crab, RasUmmSid, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 864
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Humphead Wrasse With Attached Remora, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 1071
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Coralline Sculpin, San Clemente Island, California
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 956
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Bat Stars, San Clemente Island, California
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 941
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Giant Kelp Forest, Santa Catalina Island, California
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 928
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Spanish Shawl Nudibranch, San Clemente Island, California
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 935
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Red Moon Kelp Snail, Santa Catalina Island, California
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 1041
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Atlantic Wolffish, Eastport Maine
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 1094
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Thorn back Ray, Santa Cruz Island, California
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 885
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Giant Pacific Octopus, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 1038
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Red Hermit Crab, Ustica Island, Sicily
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 985
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White tip Reef Sharks, Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 998
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Whitetip Reef Shark, Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 978
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Great White Shark, Guadalupe Island, Mexico
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 916
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Cup Coral Eating Juvenile Reef Octopus, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 985
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Two Stick Sting fish, North Beach, Eilat , Israel
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 1025
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Encrusting Sponges, Ras UmmSid, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 976
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Gorgonian Coral And DeadMan's Finger Sponge, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 985
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Long Armed Octopus, Moses Rock, Eilat, Israel
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 942
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Lionfish, North Beach, Eilat, Israel
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 1060
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Golden Jellyfish, Jellyfish Lake, Palau Islands, Micronesia
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 906
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Mantle Of Tridacna Clam, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Date: 06/02/2009
Views: 969
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