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Acronyms that contain the term marine life
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BDMLR | British Divers Marine Life Rescue | |
MLCD | Marine Life Conservation Districts | |
MLCG | Marine Life Care Group (Malta) | |
HML | Harm the Marine Life | |
MLPA | Marine Life Protection Act | |
MLPAI | Marine Life Protection Act Initiative (California Department of Fish and Game) | |
MLO | Marine Life Observatory | |
WMLR | Welsh Marine Life Rescue | |
MLSS | Marine Life Sanctuaries Society | |
MLCG | Marine Life Care Group | |
COML | Census of Marine Life | |
CAML | Census of Antarctic Marine Life | |
FMLC | Feiro Marine Life Center | |
CMLC | Charleston Marine Life Center | |
LTMF | Life Tropical Marine Fish | |
SOML | Save Our Marine Life | |
NMLC | National Marine Life Center |
What does marine life mean?
- Marine life
- Marine life, or sea life or ocean life, is the plants, animals and other organisms that live in the salt water of the sea or ocean, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. At a fundamental level, marine life helps determine the very nature of our planet. Marine organisms produce much of the oxygen we breathe. Shorelines are in part shaped and protected by marine life, and some marine organisms even help create new land. Most life forms evolved initially in marine habitats. Oceans provide about 99 percent of the living space on the planet. The earliest vertebrates appeared in the form of fish, which live exclusively in water. Some of these evolved into amphibians which spend portions of their lives in water and portions on land. Other fish evolved into land mammals and subsequently returned to the ocean as seals, dolphins or whales. Plant forms such as kelp and algae grow in the water and are the basis for some underwater ecosystems. Plankton, and particularly phytoplankton, are key primary producers forming the general foundation of the ocean food chain. Marine vertebrates must obtain oxygen to survive, and they do so in various ways. Fish have gills instead of lungs, although some species of fish, such as the lungfish, have both. Marine mammals, such as dolphins, whales, otters, and seals need to surface periodically to breathe air. Some amphibians are able to absorb oxygen through their skin. Invertebrates exhibit a wide range of modifications to survive in poorly oxygenated waters including breathing tubes (see insect and mollusc siphons) and gills (Carcinus). However, as invertebrate life evolved in an aquatic habitat most have little or no specialisation for respiration in water. Altogether there are 230,000 documented marine species, including about 20,000 species of fish, and it has been estimated that nearly two million marine species are yet to be documented. Marine species range in size from the microscopic, including plankton and phytoplankton which can be as small as 0.02 micrometres, to huge cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) which in the case of the blue whale reach up to 33 metres (109 feet) in length, being the largest known animal.
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