Brittle Starfish Essay

Crawfish are delicious crustaceans that closely resemble lobsters. Many people consider crawfish to be as delicious as lobsters, which is why these crustaceans are harvested all over the world. In the U.S., crawfish are closely associated with the haute cuisine and culture of Louisiana. In fact, crawfish are the official crustacean of the state. I normally prefer to harvest or purchase crawfish on the day I intend to cook them. However, many people prefer to purchase and eat them later but do not know how to keep crawfish alive in a sack or container for several days before finally preparing and eating them. Fortunately, I will provide you with some tips on how I keep my crawfish fresh and healthy

It’s a beautiful day at the beach, the sun is shining down on you as you float and drift on top of the waves. As you lay there without a care in the world, you are suddenly interrupted by a massive swarm of jellyfish; also known as a bloom. Not only does this send you into sudden terror, it also causes a much bigger threat to the ecosystem below you. The excessive growth of jellyfish swarm drastically lowers the population of fish eggs in the ecosystem. Because of this, fishermen lose millions of dollars. People in local communities are figuring out ways to solve this mass production.

Blackfish was released on the 19th of July 2013 in New York. Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s award-winning documentary is about a captive killer whale that has taken the lives of several people. This documentary explores the different stories of Tilikum’s attacks and the reasons for why these accidents are occurring in the sea park industry.

The terrestrial runoff spawned at around the time of major storms that wash large amounts of nutrients promotes plankton to blooms, which increase the food for many animals including Crown-of-Thorns Starfish larvae. The Great Barrier Reef receives runoff from 35 major catchments, which drain 424,000 square kilometres of coastal Queensland (Reefplan.qld.gov.au, 2012). Attacking the Crown of Thorns Starfish problem is through an integrated pest management approach that may be achieved by improving water quality as the long-term benefits to the health of the Great Barrier Reef.

Most people would not appreciate a stranger walking into their home unannounced, taking their food, and making themselves at home. That is exactly what lionfish are doing along the Florida coastline. Lionfish are an invasive species that need to be contained. The reefs that they consistently invade off of the coast of the Florida are not the lionfish's natural habitat. This invasive species takes shelter and resources out of the reef that other species need to survive, and they destroy the environment around them. Humans have complicated the balance of the ecosystem by introducing lionfish, and now they need to help rectify the situation.

Starfish and crayfish are both invertebrates, but they have many differences. Last week,  our class did a dissection on each and learned more about them. This research paper will explain some differences between the two that were learned during dissections and by doing outside research.

gills sprouting small feather-like appendages. Although colloquially known as a ‘walking fish’, it is in fact

A venomous marine fish, known as the Lionfish, is native to tropical regions in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. In 1992 Hurricane Andrew tore through South Florida and was labeled the most destructive hurricane in the history of the United States. The category five storm is thought to have caused the accidental introduction of the species into FLorida. An aquarium was devastated by the winds, and released several Lionfish into Biscayne Bay. That, along with owners who became dissatisfied with the animals after realizing they’d eat other fish, and ignorantly set them free in the Atlantic, allowed the organisms to populate the waters very quickly.

Star breaks, like the anme suggest, are charactrized by their star-like appearance. They are particularly burdensome because they often result in cracks spreading across your windshield. It happens when an object strikes the windshield and leaves tiny (sometimes long) cracks that branch off from the point of impact. It is important to get star breaks repaired

This history will lead kids and adults to navigate the waves of imagination, on an exciting adventure, which begins on the seabed and culminates with a fight for life between brave goldfish, captured by a fishing net, and his enemy – the terrible Mr. Cat.

Steele, V.J., and Oshel, P.E 1989. Ultrastructure of the attachment cells of the organ of Bellonci in Gammarus setosus (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Journal of Morphology, 200(1), 93-119.

What is an animal that has usually 5 arms, lives in the sea, eats oysters and clams, and is a relative to sea urchins and sand dollars? Did you guess it’s a starfish, also known as a sea star?

The discovery of a mass extermination of sea stars results in an increase in mussel populations. This benefits humanity because there will be an abundance of the food source, mussels.

The exercises that struck out with me in class today started when we got into a starfish position. From this position, we put our body upwards to stretch out the pelvic muscles. This is what I really needed. This movement was really relaxing and helped to relax that tension I was having in that lower area. The stretching helped me wake up!

Our hypothesis was supported by the data that we collected. Our theory was that the more caffeine a zebrafish was exposed to, the more likely it was to develop abnormalities in development (specifically nervous system development). The experiment determined that, in only 96 hours, high amounts of caffeine exposure slowed the development of the central nervous system, which ultimately resulted in the destruction of the embryo.