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Harp Seal Research Paper

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Harp seals strive through tough ecosystems with many predators like polar bears, bull sharks, and orcas

In ocean studies, the neritic zone, also called coastal waters, the coastal ocean or the sublittoral zone, refers to that zone of the ocean where sunlight reaches the ocean floor, that is, where the water is never so deep as to take it out of the photic zone. approximately 200 metres neritic zone (neritic province) The shallow water marine zone going from the low-tide level to a depth of 200 meters. This zone covers about 8% of the total ocean. It is the area most populated by benthic,because the penetration of sunlight to these shallow depths.
Temperature The Neritic Zone has an average temperature of 24 Celsius all year,and gets colder…show more content…
BODY PARAGRAPH - ADAPTATIONS the harp seal has many adoptions including high fat content, highly adapt lungs, and hydrodynamic bodies.
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­first of all, harp seals are able to remain submerged for a long…show more content…
(BODY PARAGRAPH - ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS) there are many reasons that the ocean is pollution. first and foremost,
Acidification in the oceans kill the plant/animal life that is trying to strive at thy shore
In the text “Another problem related to climate change is ocean acidification ” the oceans are also affected by the climate change because the climate change affects the sea animals that live on corals or any fish that feed off the ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­then oil and gas that are being drilled out of offshore drillers.
Some of this pollution comes from,
This shows that the ocean is because the fish are starting t
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climate change
In the text the climate change effects the ocean by putting too much carbon dioxide into the oceans that are making the corals pron too bleach. the CONCLUSION the harp seal through the world is getting harder to live in are adapting faster and faster to strive in the new world.
Final Thoughts: there are many other adaptations but i could only talk about a few out of many such as their teeth or their fur or eyesight under
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