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Thursday, April 30, 2015

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Title: Science of the sea. An elementary handbook of practical oceanography for travellers, sailors, and yachtsmen
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Challenger Society Fowler, G. Herbert (George Herbert), 1861-1940
Subjects: Oceanography Ocean
Publisher: London, John Murray
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t from some important expedition, so that hemay get the literature of the group under control.The choice of the group will depend to some extenton the waters to be traversed, but in this, as in all suchmatters, the Society will be glad to advise. Note.—As it may help the beginner to have standards foropen tow nets suggested to him, one of the writers submits hisown specification, which does not differ greatly from the netsin use generally on expeditions—(i) Net : circumference ofmouth, 5 feet ; circumference at tin, i foot; length, 6 feet ;meshes per linear inch, 62 ; breadth of top and bottom tapes,i£ inches. (2) Cane frame, inside diameter, 18 inches. [(3) STANDARDS 199 Bridles, 2 feet 6 inches long. (4) Length of haul, 20 minutes.(5) Horizons for shallow work, surface, and 25, 50, 75, and 100fathoms, with occasional hauls at 150 fathoms. This writersnew horizontal closing net takes the same silk net as thecane frame, and the results of the two can therefore readilybe compared.

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Fig. 156.—Cestus, or Venuss Girdle. (After Chun.) CHAPTER VITHE SEA FLOOR BY SIR JOHN MURRAY Methods.—The oldest method of sounding was bymeans of the hand-lead, usually 12 to 14 pounds inweight, armed with lard or tallow, to which asample of the bottom adheres, and with a line markedin fathoms and fractions of a fathom. Practicallyall the coasts of the world have been surveyed byinstruments of this kind used from rowing-boats.When attempts were made to sound in 100 or 200fathoms, heavier weights and more carefully preparedhempen lines were employed, and the leads were pro-vided with cups, valves, or snappers, to bring upsamples of the sands, gravels, and muds. Sir JamesClark Ross, during his Antarctic cruise (1839 *01843), made most praiseworthy attempts to soundthe greater depths of the ocean with ordinary soundinglines and heavy weights from small boats. Hesucceeded in recording depths down to 3,600 fathoms,but, although the time each 10O fathoms left the reelwas noted in the u

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Blue ringed octopus – Maeda point, Okinawa by Okinawa Nature Photography

Blue Ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata)

Blue rings become more intense when it is aggrevated. Extremely venomous, can be fatal to humans!

Found: Maeda pt, Okinawa, Japan
Depth: 25feet on the reef at night
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Gatorman La Jolla Roughwater Swim by Lee Sie

Start of the La Jolla Roughwater swim. The Gatorman is 3 miles from the Cove to Scripps Pier and back.
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Gatorman La Jolla Roughwater Swim by Lee Sie

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ae have regular periodsof growth and rest just like the higher flowering plants. Utility of Algae.—The commercial value of algae isrelatively small. Formerly large quantities of Kelpand Fuci were gathered, and even grown, on the coastsof islands near Ireland and Scotland for the manufac-turing of carbonate of soda. This was, however, after-wards given up. Kelps are still collected for themanufacture of iodine. Many algae are used asmanure, and in Northern Norway cows are fed inwinter-time on Rhodymenia palmata (Dulce), if otherfodder is scarce. In the Indian Archipelago and inJapan various species of algae are consumed by thepeople, and species of Eucheuma and Sphaerococcusare the chief components of the famous agar-agar. The real importance of algae in oceanography liesin the fact that they form the basis of the ultimatefood-supply of the neritic or coastal fauna. The original drawings which illustrate this section were madeunder the authors direction by Mr. J. Obbes. ii \ \ i i If

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^ip Fig. 77.—Heliosph^ra. (After Hertwig. CHAPTER VTHE FLOATING ANIMALS BY THE EDITOR AND E. T. BROWNE To those animals and plants which float in the sea,whether at the surface or in deep water, the term Plankton is applied for brevity ;* they are con-trasted with the creatures which crawl upon, or arefixed to, the bottom. In modern usage, Plankton isgenerally taken to include even powerful swimmers,such as fish and cuttle-fish, as well as helpless andminute organisms. The Animal Plankton alone formsthe subject of this chapter. Both figures and text giveonly sufficient detail to help the beginner in finding * Plankton, from a Greek word meaning that whichis drifted, the organisms driven about by the wind, tide,and current. 162 ABUNDANCE OF PLANKTON 163 out to what groups of animals his catch belongs.In order to find the real names of animals, or to learnsomething of their structure and life-history, the readermust consult the ordinary textbooks and specialmemoirs cited. The figures

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Oceanographic Research Ship James Cook, National Oceanography Centre (Southampton, UK) by Travelling Steve

In the midst of mobilising my day cruse, we took a look at the slightly larger vessel behind.

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Fig. 190.—Terebratula , a Lamp-shell (Challenger).

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Fig. 189. — Cellularia, MAGNIFIED ( BLAKE ) . 260 ANIMALS OF THE SEA FLOOR necessarily made from a distance, can appreciate.The reason for the preference for one type of bottomrather than another usually resolves itself into aquestion of support or of shelter, either for the speciesitself or for its prey. Of course, there are very manyspecies that may be found indifferently on all sorts ofbottom and under all kinds of conditions. The connection between the nature of the bottomand its inhabitants may be illustrated by an example.In some spots on the west side of the Irish Sea, whena haul of a trawl is made, at least 90 per cent, of thecatch consists of the Alcyonarian or false coral,known as Dead Mens Fingers (Alcyonium digi-tatum), while on the surrounding grounds only a fewspecimens are to be met with. The reason of this isclear. These spots where Alcyonium nourishes arebeds of dead shells, mostly scallops and spiny cockles,which afford a foothold for the swimming larva of theAlcyo

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miles (or 128,824,000 squarekilometres)—i.e., about 22,500,000 square miles in theAtlantic Ocean, about 14,800,000 square miles in thePacific Ocean, and about 12,220,000 square miles inthe Indian Ocean. 5. Pteropod Ooze.—This deposit differs from Globi-gerina Ooze only in the greater abundance of theshells of pelagic Molluscs (Pteropods and Heteropods),and occurs characteristically at lesser depths than theGlobigerina Ooze (Fig. 164). Thus Pteropod Ooze maybe said to attain its typical development at depths of800 to 1,000 fathoms, while Globigerina Ooze occurstypically at depths of 1,500 to 2,000 fathoms. Thereason why the shells of pelagic Molluscs are removedfrom the deposits at lesser depths than the shells ofpelagic Foraminifera is believed to be that these thinand fragile shells present a larger surface to the solventaction of sea water. Pteropod Ooze is estimated to cover an area ofabout 400,000 square miles (or 1,000,000 squarekilometres), principally in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Fig. 161.—Diatom Ooze. (After Chun, from KrOmmelsoceanographie, by permission of j. engelhorns ver-lag in Stuttgart.) 1-5, Coscinodiscus ; 6, Asteromphalus ; 7, Fragilaria antarctica ;8, 9, Synedra ; io, Rhizosolenia ; 11, Chaetoceras ; 12, Navi-cula (?) ; 13, Dictyocha ; 14, a broken Radiolarian.

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Flying fish – Izena Island, Japan by Okinawa Nature Photography

I was lucky to capture this photo- the fish was fairly close to the boat –
Location: Izena Island
Flying fish – Cypselurus sp

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Oceanography Teaching Building, University of Washington by Curtis Cronn

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Scripps Pier at La Jolla Shores, California by ` Toshio ‘

It was a beautiful day at the beach at Scripps Institution of Oceanography Pier at La Jolla Shores, California!

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Bedford Institute of Oceanography – Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) by Rob Huntley Photography – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Halifax (Dartmouth), Nova Scotia.
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Oh My Deer! by Dave the Haligonian

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What:
A few deer having dinner at sunset.

Where:
Dartmouth at the entrance of the Bedford Basin
Nova Scotia
Canada

About:
On my way to meet up with Ed to do some night shots the other night I drove up around the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) to find a decent vantage point to catch the sunset. I actually had never been around there before and I will certainly be back to try a couple other spots again. Anyway I was very surprised to see 9 deer eating the grass!! I was like: "WTF? Where the hell did all these deer come from?!!" I mean, this is right in the city!! They must be used to being around this area because they seemed very calm and if I had food for them I think they would have come up to the car.
There are six of them in this shot. See if you find them! :-)

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Surfing California, La Jolla Shores Beach by moonjazz

It was raining at the beach two days back but the sun slipped in and out while i walked on the shore. What’s a little more water to surfers, they are all wet anyway and the sets were big that day. At LaJolla Shores beach with Torrey Pines, famous for golf in the far backgroud and Scripps Oceanography Pier. Click this link to Youtube for more of my photography and video of this beautiful area. You will enjoy : youtu.be/NqlvPk5Ze0Q

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Surfing California, La Jolla Shores Beach by moonjazz

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Fig. 165.—Holtenia, a Deep-Sea Glass Sponge (Challenger ) CONTINENTAL SHELF 237 Pennatulida (Fig. 168), the sea-fans, or Gorgoniacea(Figs. 169,170), the fleshy masses of the dead-mens-fingers (Alcyonaria), the sea anemones, the redorprecious cora] (Corallium), and the true corals (Madre-

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Fig. 166.—Leptopenus, a Deep-Sea Coral (Challenger). poraria), both colonial (Fig. 26, p. 90) and solitary(Fig. 166) ; the true corals are by no means confinedto the warmer seas, although it is only there that theydisplay their full luxuriance.Starfishes (Fig. 174), brittle-stars (Fig. 173), sea- 238 ANIMALS OF THE SEA FLOOR

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Aerial shot of San Antonio

Aerial shot of San Antonio from David Fratantoni’s flight

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Corals: past, present and future

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Many animals living underwater acquired an uncommon shape, uncommon at least for us living above the sea surface. These animals were forced throughout millions of years to change, by the evolutionary processes. Because of that, these animals are the best in what they do. How we prove that? They are not extinct… yet.

To better understand this idea, take the whales as an example, they are long-lived animals, fast (some can swim over 50 km/hour), strong, can travel long distances and eat tons of food in one day. They have all the requirements to be a successful whale! But if you place this animals somewhere outside the sea, they will die in hours, maybe minutes. That is because their bodies were not make to deal with gravity outside the sea, they are so heavy that they smash their own lungs and internal organs. In fact, when a whale is beached…

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Strong Southampton presence at 11th Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference

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Earlier this month, 7 Southampton researchers travelled to the Young Coastal Scientist & Engineer’s conference (YCSEC), in Manchester. Post-doctoral researcher, Matt Wadey, along with PhD students Seb Pitman, Rob Mawdsley, Aimin Amiruddin, Clementine Chirol, Esme Flegg and Anas Mohamad Annuar all made the journey for the conference. The conference is aimed at young scientists and engineers concerned with any aspect of physical coastal science or engineering.

Research focussing on coastal science is often investigated under various disciplinary labels, including oceanography, geography, geology and engineering. The conference was first convened in 2005, to address the fragmentation of the discipline, which is felt most by young coastal researcher’s starting out in their career.

The conference opened with an interesting keynote lecture by Prof. Vladimir Nikora, from the University of Aberdeen, on his work in the field of fluid mechanics. The conference had a number of themes, including a sea…

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A WORLD URGENTLY IN NEED OF EXPLORERS

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If I think of lucky days, one in particular comes to mind. It was a rare day when I got to act as an explorer. Although only in a small capacity, I was an explorer. I was going out into the open ocean to see what really lived there. As all such days go, there is a great story behind it and a great lesson. It is one that reflects directly our inability to know more about our world and in extension, protect it.

It is after breakfast, a heavy one, and a gathering of wobbly excited individuals line up the shore. A calm day in Mombasa’s oceanfront gives us the perfect opportunity for a little splash with the fishes. The sun is out, giving lines to the distant horizon. The wind seems non-existent in the constantly warm Mombasa weather. But we are to care. My family and about five…

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Failed dive attempt at C6C

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Last week we sailed on the R/V Acadiana to C6C to de-winterize the SONDE attachments only to be stymied by a jack-up rig and increasingly bad sea state. We sailed for three hours, and when we arrived, the water was calm enough to dive, so we suited up. With the first team of divers literally standing on the transom to jump in, a jack-up rig radioed for us to wait so they could post up near our dive site. We waited for two hours on station (incidentally, we could have completed everything we needed to do in that time), with 10-15 kt wind on the water for the duration, and when the first team finally splashed, the sea state was trash. Dive Safety Officer Lora Pride called it all off. These things happen. But there were some good photos, and a video of the scene out there at C6C before we…

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