Scientists have developed a new way to classify the ocean's diverse environments, shedding new light on how marine biomes are defined and changed by nature and humans. Washington State University ...

The creation of organic matter at the ocean's surface by plankton, and its continuous rain to deeper waters, has a profound impact on most of the dissolved components of sea water. The main features ...

From the Publisher: This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World: covers the saltwater biomes that exist along coastline, on the continental shelf, and the open sea, examining all ...

Climate change is one of the most powerful stressors threatening marine biomes. It is hoped that identifying areas of resilience will provide managers valuable decision-making guidance. A survey of 97 ...

A diverse range of marine predators — including tunas, billfishes and sharks — in the North Pacific Ocean cluster together in clockwise-rotating eddies, seemingly to hunt deep-ocean prey, which are ...

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — It was hard to tell who was having more fun, the octopus or the kids. Ivory, a small octopus from local waters, latched onto a small jar containing a piece of fish in his tank ...