Our Ocean World

Manatees brain

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:23:41 -0500

A 3,000 pound manatee with a brain the size of a grapefruit may seem to be a biological mismatch. But the issue of brain size and intelligence in animals is literally a gray area. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Manatees and motor boats

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:28:56 -0500

Manatees are covered with sensitive hairs that act like sense organs that detect movement underwater, but they are still killed or injured by speeding motor boats. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Manatee hair

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:46:13 -0500

Manatee hair is as important to manatee survival as smell, taste or even vision. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Whipnose angler fish

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:21:46 -0500

In a deep sea world of perpetual darkness whatever gets you through the night is all right. Including living upside down with your own fishing pole. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Gray whale recovery

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:22:18 -0500

Migrating between summers in Alaska and Winters in Baja California, Mexico, gray whales are now thriving. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Gasping in the Chesapeake-2

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:14:11 -0500

When nutrients like sewage and fertilizer end up in Chesapeake Bay, algae grow. The result is low oxygen levels for fish. But it’s a different scenario for jellyfish. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Gasping in the Chesapeake-1

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:50:00 -0500

Each summer excess nutrients make algae grow in the Chesapeake Bay. That's a problem for fish and fish larvae. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Oil slicks without spills

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:23:14 -0500

The Gulf of Mexico region has a vast supply of fossil fuel that sometimes seeps out through the mud on the sea floor. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Tubeworms

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:52:43 -0400

These animals live two hundred years or more, behave more like a plant than an animal, and survive in the dark on a chemical diet. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Ecosystem foundation

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:35:49 -0400

There's more to ocean life than just the popular species like dolphins, sharks, and sea turtles. Smaller unknown creatures also play an important role in the food chain. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Fish count

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:33:55 -0400

Biologists are using a complicated mathematical technique to count Florida’s coral reef fish.
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Triggerfish feeding

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:20:09 -0400

The protective armor of hard-shelled lobsters and spiny sea urchins is no match for the triggerfish.
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Jellyfish

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:30:05 -0400

Juvenile jellyfish rest in stacks on the ocean floor during the winter, waiting until they are mature before drifting into the open ocean.
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Bioluminescence

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:44:39 -0400

Ocean animals produce light to attract prey and distract predators. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Water striders

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:09:47 -0400

Most species of water striders live on bodies of fresh water, but five species have adapted to life on the ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Saving the sawfish

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:49:29 -0400

The fierce looking sawfish is endangered due to over-fishing, by-catch, and habitat destruction. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Mercury munchers

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:16:50 -0400

Hi-tech bacteria are being used to remove toxic mercury from wastewater. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Salmon sharks

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:21:03 -0400

Most sharks are cold-blooded, but the Salmon shark has heat-generating muscles to keep it from freezing in the Antarctic waters it calls home. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Louisiana sea level

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:35:14 -0400

The state of Louisiana has lost an expanse of land larger than Rhode Island since 1930. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Shipworms

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:38:03 -0400

Shipworms have been invading and destroying man-made wooden structures for as long as man has been making them. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Sea monster myths

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:15:44 -0400

Some legends of sea monster sightings are still a mystery, but many have logical explanations. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Hydrothermal vents

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:14:32 -0400

Spreading tectonic plates on the seafloor create hydrothermal hot vents that have been found in water from the tropics to the arctic. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Ultrasound for Whales

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:13:18 -0400

New research shows that undernourished female right whales cannot reproduce. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Deep ocean oases

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:12:13 -0400

Hydrothermal vents provide a heat and food source for deep ocean critters. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Uncertain science

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:34:16 -0400

Marine biologists who come up with population estimates of fish in the ocean have to include in many different factors. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Threatened loons

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:32:20 -0400

Loons nest on lakes in northern woods, but in the fall they head to the coast. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Tar on the beach

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:30:11 -0400

The natural oil seeps off the California coast leave tar deposits on the beaches. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Prison as abalone refuge

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:13:48 -0400

Abalone thrive in the protected coastal waters near a prison in Canada. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Ciguatera fish poisoning

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:50:58 -0400

Toxins naturally produced by phytoplankton and passed up the marine food chain can lead Ciguatera poisoning. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Stromatolites

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:35:14 -0400

Scientists aren’t sure if the dark clumps called Stromatolites in the waters of Shark Bay, Australia are dead or alive. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Underwater canyons

info@flpradio.com (Finger Lakes Productions) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:24:50 -0400

Some of the deepest canyons with the fastest moving waters in the world lie on the ocean floor. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!