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The "Pacific" consists of the archipelagos and islands of the central Pacific Ocean, and includes the following regions: Category: Flora of the Southwestern Pacific. Category: Flora of the south-central Pacific. Category: Flora of the Northwestern Pacific. Flora of the north-central Pacific — not used, as only the Hawaiian Islands archipelago ...
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. ... according to the Fukushima plant. [107] Deep Sea Mining ...
Marine life, sea life, or ocean life is the plants, animals, and other organisms that live in the salt water of seas or oceans, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. At a fundamental level, marine life affects the nature of the planet. Marine organisms, mostly microorganisms, produce oxygen and sequester carbon.
Seagrasses then evolved from terrestrial plants which migrated back into the ocean. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Between about 70 million and 100 million years ago, three independent seagrass lineages ( Hydrocharitaceae , Cymodoceaceae complex, and Zosteraceae ) evolved from a single lineage of the monocotyledonous flowering plants.
A 2014 book proposed a distinction between the Chocoan and Equatorial-Pacific mangrove forests. [13] Endemic species such as Avicennia tonduzi and Avicennia bicolor are found in the Pacific mangroves. [12] More than 70% of Colombia's mangroves grow on the Pacific coast. They form tall, well-structured forests with trees up to 30 metres (98 ft ...
The tree flora of the Pacific — in the Oceanian realm.; For the purposes of this category, "Pacific" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), in which it is considered one of nine botanical continents (Europe, Africa, Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, Southern America, Antarctic).
t. e. Phytoplankton (/ ˌfaɪtoʊˈplæŋktən /) are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems. The name comes from the Greek words φυτόν (phyton), meaning ' plant ', and πλαγκτός (planktos), meaning 'wanderer' or 'drifter'. [1][2][3] Phytoplankton obtain ...
Temperature varies little from season to season, and average monthly temperatures range from 24º to 27º C. Rainfall averages 2,000 and 2,500 mm annually and is strongly seasonal, with a wet season from July through October. Easterly trade winds are fairly constant, with an occasional weak westerly monsoon influence during the summer months.