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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: 1/15/2009
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 851 items
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Harp_Seal_Pup
Harp Seal Pup Gulf of St Lawrence Canada
Date: 6/15/2012
Views: 3643
Keywords: 1, Animal, Animalia, Atmospheric Event, Baby, Body Part, Camouflage, Camouflaged, Canada, Carnivora, Carnivore, Chordata, Chromatic, Close Up, Close-up, Cold, Color Image, Condition, Craniata, Cute, Day, Emoting, Eukarya, Eupelycosauria, Face, Ferae, Fron
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Chinstrap_Penguins
Chinstrap Penguins Antarctica
Date: 6/19/2012
Views: 3525
Keywords: animals, Antarctica, bird, Chinstrap penguin, Flightless bird, iceberg, natural world, nobody, outdoors, penguin, polar regions, Sea bird, wildlife
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Sea_Nettles_Mont
Sea Nettles Monterey Bay Aquarium California
Date: 9/9/2012
Views: 1200
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ocean-life-540
Sea Whips, Pacific Ocean
Date: 6/14/2013
Views: 2687
Keywords: Sea Whip Coral, Pacific Ocean, Beauty in Nature, nobody, animals, environmental portrait, wildlife, habitats, southeast asia, underwater, ocean, sea, marine life, Sea Whips
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Polar_Bear_San
Underwater View of a Polar Bear San Diego Zoo California
Date: 6/15/2012
Views: 4181
Keywords: 1, Advertising Concept, Amusing, Animal, Animalia, Bear, Captive, Carnivora, Carnivore, Chordata, Color Image, Craniata, Environmental Issue, Eukarya, Eupelycosauria, Ferae, Fissipedia, Full Length, Funny, Horizontal, Humor, Humorous, Individual, Laurasia
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Whale_Shark_Wolf
Whale Shark Wolf Island Galapagos Islands Ecuador
Date: 6/15/2012
Views: 2135
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Stony_Coral
Stony Coral Solomon Islands
Date: 6/18/2012
Views: 3981
Keywords: Alcyonacea, Alcyonaria, Alcyoniidae, Alcyoniina, Animal, Animalia, Anthozoa, Chromatic, Close Up, Close-up, Cnidaria, Coelenterata, Color Image, Coral, Coral Reef, CORALS, Eukarya, Flower Coral, Full Frame, Green, Horizontal, Indo Pacific, Indo-Pacific, I
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Table_Coral_and_Glassfish
Table Coral and Glassfish Red Sea Egypt
Date: 6/18/2012
Views: 4268
Keywords: Actinopterygii, Animal, Animal Behavior, Animalia, Behavior, Behaviour, Chordata, Color Image, Coral Reef, Craniata, Crowd, Day, Eukarya, Fish, Full Length, Glassfish, Group, Horizontal, Large Group of Animals, Large Group, Mass, Metazoa, Nobody, Ocean or
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Ball_of_Herring
Ball of Herring Attacked by Barracuda Indonesia
Date: 5/22/2012
Views: 4377
Keywords: abundance, animals, Asia, attacking, Barracuda, Bony fish, Clupeiformes, conformity, danger, feeding, fish, group, group of animals, Herring, Indonesia, interaction, large group of animals, Malay Archipelago, Maluku Islands, many, nobody, profile, protect
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Blue_Tang
Blue Tang
Date: 5/22/2012
Views: 7523
Keywords: Acanthuridae, animal theme, animals, beauty, beauty in nature, blue, Blue tang, Bony fish, close-up view, color, daytime, fish, full-length, marine scene, multicolored, natural world, nobody, ocean, one, one animal, Pacific Ocean, paracanthurus hepatus, r
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Spotted_Pufferfish
Spotted Pufferfish
Date: 1/2/2011
Views: 3731
Keywords: animal behavior, animals, balloon, Balloonfish, beauty, beauty in nature, biology, Bony fish, close-up view, daytime, Filefish, fish, front view, full-length, ichthyology, life science, marine fish, marine fishes, natural pattern, natural sciences, natura
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Infant_Humpback_Whale
Infant Humpback Whale
Date: 4/20/2012
Views: 3677
Keywords: nobody, Silver Banks Sanctuary, Sea mammal, Rorqual, parents, offspring, animals, Atlantic Islands, Baleen whale, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Hispaniola, Humpback whale, Latin America, mammal, mother, natural world, two, two animals,
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King_Penguins_Macquarie
King Penguins Macquarie Island Antarctica
Date: 4/19/2012
Views: 4314
Keywords: Animal, Animalia, Aptenodytes patagonicus, Australia, Australian Subantarctic, Aves, Bird, Chordata, Color Image, Craniata, Crowd, Day, Dinosauria, Eukarya, Full Length, Group, Horizontal, King Penguin, Large Group of Animals, Large Group, Locomoting, Loc
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Kelp_Forest
Kelp Forest Monterrey Mexico
Date: 4/20/2012
Views: 2802
Keywords: algae, brown algae, kelp, Latin America, Mexico, Monterrey, natural world, nobody, North America, Nuevo León, protist, underwater
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Green_Sea_Turtles
Juvenile Green Sea Turtles Cayman Island Turtle Farm Grand Cayman Island
Date: 4/26/2012
Views: 3426
Keywords: baby animal, view from above, young animal, island, animals, Atlantic Islands, Caribbean, Cayman Islands, endangered animal, endangered species, Grand Cayman, Greater Antilles, Green turtle, group, group of animals, hatchling, Turtle, medium group of anim
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Blue_Sea_Squirts
Blue Sea Squirts or Tunicates and Yellow Cave Coral Indonesia
Date: 4/20/2012
Views: 4645
Keywords: biology, life science, animals, Anthozoan, Asia, background, beauty, beauty in nature, Malay Archipelago, bright colors, close-up view, Cnidarians, color, Coral, coral reef, daytime, downward view, group, group of animals, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, inverte
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Lemon_Damselfish
Lemon Damselfish
Date: 3/16/2012
Views: 3709
Keywords: wildlife, side view, Bony fish, animals, Anthozoan, Australasia, Australia, Cnidarians, Coral, Coral Sea, Damselfish, daytime, fish, full-length, Great Barrier Reef, group, group of animals, guarding, invertebrate, large group of animals, Lemon damselfish
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Spotted_Dolphins
Atlantic Spotted Dolphins
Date: 8/4/2011
Views: 4253
Keywords: North America, Bahamas, Grand Bahama Bank, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis), cetecean, dolphin, wildlife, Jon Cornforth Images, horizontal, underwater, animal, delphinidae, marine mammal, nature
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Kuliak_Pink_Salmon
Kuliak Pink Salmon Katmai National Park Alaska
Date: 8/31/2011
Views: 4589
Keywords: North America, USA, Alaska, Katmai National Park, pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), Pacific Ocean, Jon Cornforth Images, success, survival, horizontal, environment, fish, native, nature, outdoors, river, swimming,
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Piraputangas_Mato
Characins or Piraputangas Mato Grosso do Sul Brazil
Date: 2/24/2011
Views: 4230
Keywords: Underwater, Water, Animal, Animals, Bonito, Bony fish, Brazil, Central-West Region, Fish, Flowing, Horizontal line, Landscape, Latin America, Line, Mato Grosso do Sul, Nobody, River, Scenic, Scombridae, South America, Stream, Travel, Traveling
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Butterflyfish
Schooling Raccoon Butterflyfish Hawaii
Date: 2/15/2012
Views: 5381
Keywords: Butterflyfish, nobody, animals, beauty, beauty in nature, black, blue, Bony fish, color, coral reef, daytime, fish, full-length, group, group of animals, Hawaii, landscape, large group of animals, many, marine scene, natural world, tropical, North America
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Great_White_Shark
Great White Shark and Schooling Fish Mexico
Date: 2/15/2012
Views: 4038
Keywords: aggression, danger, animals, awe, Baja California, Baja California Norte State, blue, brilliant, Cartilaginous fishes, daytime, fear, ferocity, fish, flying, following, gliding, gray, Great white shark, group, group of animals, Guadalupe Island, huge, Lam
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Ball_of_Herring_Kai
Ball of Herring Kai Kecil Island Indonesia
Date: 2/15/2012
Views: 4807
Keywords: anonymity, water, Malay Archipelago, abundance, animals, Asia, Bony fish, Clupeiformes, conformity, fish, fish, group, group of animals, Herring, Indonesia, large group of animals, togetherness, Maluku Islands, many, nobody, ocean, open ocean, protection,
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Porcupine_Pufferfish
Porcupine Pufferfish Being Cleaned by a Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse
Date: 1/30/2012
Views: 1257
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Delicate_Jellyfish
Delicate Jellyfish Indonesia
Date: 1/23/2012
Views: 1304
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Emperor_Penguins
Emperor Penguins Weddell Sea Antarctica
Date: 1/20/2012
Views: 1414
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Humpback_Whale
Humpback Whale at Sunset Cape Evensen Antarctica
Date: 1/19/2012
Views: 3807
Keywords: Antarctic Peninsula, one, animals, Antarctic Ocean, Antarctica, Baleen whale, coast, evening, fluke, Humpback whale, Mammal, marine scene, natural world, nobody, ocean, West Antarctica, one animal, peninsula, polar regions, Rorqual, Sea mammal, seasons, s
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