Seaweed Essays

  • The Seaweed Is Always Greener

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    The Seaweed Is Always Greener The idealized portrait of love painted in Disney’s The Little Mermaid leaves a sad impression for reality. The love at first sight and concept of a soul mate are not only portrayed as the romanticized “true love” (a common theme in Disney films) but are questioned by reliance on physical attributes. The necessity to change in order to obtain that love is portrayed to extremity. The film’s focus on “true love”, and the self sacrifice made to obtain it, give the

  • Seaweeds

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    Seaweeds belong to a group of organisms that has enormous ecological importance and represent a significant proportion of the world’s biodiversity. Seaweeds have always been of great interest in Asian culture as marine food sources (Rioux et al., 2009). In contrast, Seaweeds represent an important economical resource mostly in the countries of East and south Asia where they are not only largely harvested but also intensively and largely employed in the human nutrition (Caliceti et al., 2002). They

  • Message in a Bottle

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    running down from the pier to see my finding. “Oh honey,” I answered, sadly acknowledging my daughter’s hunger, “ I wish it was. Actually, I’m not quite sure what it is. Help me clean it off, will you?” Emily and I began scrubbing the dilapidated, seaweed covered object in the warm waves of the Atlantic. “Wow, That’s not at all I expected.” I answered as I rolled an old bottle in the water. “At least we can get some money for this at the recycling center. Not much, but if we collect enough bottles

  • An Experiment to Investigate Species Diversity at West Runton Beach

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    An Experiment to Investigate Species Diversity at West Runton Beach Aim === For this investigation, I am aiming to investigate the species diversity at West Runton Beach. The aim is to research the distributions of substrates, plant life and other organisms, comparing them with each other and relating it to the tidal zonation. This will hopefully show us how each factor of the environment affects the others. The experiment will be a line transect using a quadrant down to parts of

  • Hypertension

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    biological activity [9]. To date a wide variety of ACE inhibitors from various land and marine food sources have been reported such as milk [10], cheese [11], egg white [12], canola [13], peanut [14], rapeseed [15], antler [16], fish muscle [17], seaweeds [18] and tuna [2]. Many academic, scientific, and regulatory organizations are considering ways to establish the scientific basis to support and further validate claims for functional components or the foods containing them. Consumer interest in

  • Analysis Of The Rockskipper Blenny

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    INTRODUCTION Istiblennius lineatus is a member of the family Blenniidae, the combtooth blennies, and is further classified in the tribe Salaniiri. Combtooth blennies have long, slender bodies, long dorsal and anal fins, and a rounded head (Hastings and Springer 2009). Commonly called the Rockskipper Blenny or the Lined Rockskipper, I. lineatus has been observed living in the supralittoral and midlittoral zone of tide pools (Kimura 2015, Kimura and Sakai 2016). It occupies a large range in the Indo-West

  • A Separate Peace: Three Symbols

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    most fun he has had in weeks. However, the Naguamsett and the Devon completely contrast. When Gene and Finny emerge from the Devon, they feel clean and refreshed. However, Gene describes the Naguamsett as "ugly, saline, fringed with marsh, mud and seaweed" (68). When Gene starts a fight with Quackenbush and falls into the Naguamsett because Quackenbush calls Gene "a maimed son-of-a-bitch," Gene surfaces from the Naguamsett feeling grimy, dirty and in desperate need of a bath (71). Much like the clean

  • Rocky Shore Investigation

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    rock pools and their depth etc. Consequently the splash zone had no rock pools, the mid-littoral zone had some, but these were not very deep, the sub-littoral zone was very close to the sea and was almost all rock pools with lots of slippery seaweed. My results show that this was mainly Fucus vesiculosus (Bladdder Wrack). Analysis of Results: ==================== Animals ------- There are several clear trends in my results, the clearest of these being the limpet (Patella vulgata)

  • Determinism, Objectivity, and Pessimism in The Open Boat

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    correspondent, and the captain are totally pre-determined by nature and that they were not their own moral agents. "The little boat, lifted by each towering sea and splashed viciously by the crests, made progress that in the absence of seaweed was not apparent to those in her." The characters had no control over their boat, rather nature was totally in control. "She seemed just a wee thing wallowing, miraculously top up, at the mercy of the five oceans. Occasionally a great spread

  • The Bermuda Triangle

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    as well. One frightening aspect of this entire saga is that disappearances continue to occur at an alarming rate. A small part of the Bermuda Triangle lies in the Sargasso Sea. This sea is best known for its tall, thick, floating seaweed called Sargassum. The seaweed is thought to be a forest that once rested on an island in the Atlantic Ocean. According to legend, the island sank at a very quick pace, taking with it the forest and vegetation. One of the most notable disappearances is that of

  • The Symbolic Pearl

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    with flowers, 'covering the mother's breast with hurts for which she could find no balm in this world.'; Pearl's 'inevitable tendency to hover about the enigma of the scarlet letter'; is fully developed when Pearl imitates her mother by placing a seaweed letter A on her own breast. But the most important symbol that Pearl reflects is when they are in the forest. In one of the book's most dramatic scenes, Pearl blocks her mother's attempt to escape from her symbol of shame. After Hester has tossed

  • Are Coral Reefs in Danger?

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    these natural disasters is minimal compared to the dangers caused by man. Man-made destruction has a much wider impact on the health of the coral reefs. This destruction includes over-fishing, damage from anchors, aquarium industry, overgrowth of seaweed, and being smothered by sediments. Are Coral Reefs in Danger? Located in tropical ocean waters, coral reefs provide priceless resources to both human and marine life. They exist in an area about 30 degrees on either side of the equator. Coral

  • Pearl's Contribution to The Scarlet Letter

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    while the two adults talked and then she stopped when her mother called.  A second example is when Pearl accompanied her mother to the seashore where they met Chillingworth, Pearl wandered off by herself and occupied her time by playing with seaweed and the various animal life that happened to be around.  Children can also notice small differences in their surroundings that are normally familiar to them.  When Hester and Dimmesdale where in the woods and decided to flee Boston and travel

  • The Symbolic Pearl in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

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    a punishment worse than death or ignominy. She is tormented by her daughter’s childish teasing and endless questioning about the scarlet letter and its relation to Minister Dimmesdale. After Pearl has created a letter “A” on her own breast out of seaweed, she asks her mother: But in good earnest, now, mother dear, what does this scarlet letter mean? -- and why dost thou wear it on thy bosom? -- and why does the minister keep his hand over his heart? In saying this Pearl implies that she knows much

  • Symbols in The Scarlet Letter

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    during the second scaffold scene, when the pastor Arthur Dimmesdale is on the scaffold with Hester and Pearl, and a meteor causes a letter “A” to appear in the sky. The third version of the letter “A” appears when Pearl makes the letter “A” out of seaweed and puts it on her own breast. The fourth and final letter “A” is shown at the end of the book, on Dimmesdale’s breast when he confesses. The letter “A”, in all its forms, represents many things in the novel. At the beginning, the letter is supposed

  • Comparisons of Upper and Lower Shore Rock Pools

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    In the following study, rock pools from the upper and lower shore of Bracelet Bay, were examined and the organisms within noted. The contents of the two pools were compared. The abiotic variations of the pools were recorded and examined in an attempt to understand why the contents of the pools differed. A greater abundance and variety of organisms was present in the lower shore rock pool, this was due to the lower rock pool being a more benign environment than that of the upper shore. This was

  • Gracilaria Seaweed Essay

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    manilaensis seaweed The taxonomic classification of agarophytes in the class of Florideophyceae is divided into three order which are Gelidiaceae, Gracilariales and Ahnfeltiacea. Scientific classification of Gracilaria manilanesis: Empire: Eukaryota Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Rhodophyta Class: Florideophyceae Order: Gracilariales Family: Gracilariaceae Genus: Glacilaria Species: Glacilaria manilaensis Sources: Yamamoto and Trono, 1994. Red algae such as Gracilaria seaweed is one of the abundant seaweed in Malaysia

  • Brown Pigment: The Brown Pigment

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    colour of brown algae is due to presence of green pigment (chlorophyll a and c) and the brown fu-coxanthine. The seaweeds which live in deep water absorb different wavelength of light due to the presence of these different types of pigments and manufacture their food by the process of photosynthesis. Laminarin, a unique type of starch, is produced in brown algae. Examples of Brown Seaweeds 1. Kelp Sea bamboo (Ecklonia maxima), the spilt fan kelp (Laminaria pallida) and the bladder kelp (Macrocystis

  • Kelp Research Paper

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    scientist Tim Flannery, “seaweed grows 30 to 60 times the rate of land based plants.” As plants grow they absorb carbon dioxide. Since seaweed grows so fast it is able to take in and hold more carbon dioxide than land based plants. This is important because carbon dioxide is one of the main causes of climate change (2). In addition to being able to reduce climate change, some species of seaweed are super stable and don’t break down easily. This is important because if seaweed doesn't break down easily

  • Bikini Bottom Battle

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    As well as feeding the seaweed to Squilliam instead of squidward. As Squidward awakens, his mind is clear; no longer is he under the seaweeds spell, his love to Squilvia returns once more.Squilliam wakes up with the sight of Sandy Cheeks in front of him and instantly falls in love. Karen awakes from what she thought was just a dream