1126/science.180.4093.1377 Smith CR‚ Kukert H‚ Wheatcroft RA‚ Jumars PA‚ Deming JW. 1989 Vent fauna on whale remains. Nature 341‚ 27–28. (doi:10.1038/341027a0) Smith CR. 2006 Bigger is better: the role of whales as detritus in marine ecosystems. In Whales‚ whaling and ocean ecosystems (eds JA Estes‚DP DeMaster‚ DF Doak‚ TM Williams‚ RL Brownell)‚ pp. 286–302. Berkeley‚ CA: University of California Press.
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"Do human beings have free will or free choice and if not who or what shapes human destiny?" (McSweeney 9) Herman Melville utilizes Father Mapple’s sermon in his nineteenth century epic novel Moby Dick‚ to illustrate the duality of mankind. Mortal man pursues his own singular interests with selfish intent; however‚ God has prevailing intentions‚ which are often beyond the comprehension of the individual. Melville expands and elaborates this theme throughout his epic work. The sermon is an omen for
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Grubbs 1 Austin Grubbs Mr. Andrzejewski English IV 3 May 2013 The Life and Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician best known for his captivating stories about the mischievous Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle‚ as he was casually known‚ lived a somewhat interesting life and made many advances in the world of literature. Personal experiences greatly influenced Doyle’s novels and short stories. From actively investigating real life criminal
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Introduction Tuna History The word tuna dates back only to 1880 in print and is attributed as a Spanish American derivation of the English counterpart‚ tunny. It is derived from the LatinThunnus‚ the name of its scientific genus. Tuna has been fished from the warm‚ temperate parts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific‚ Atlantic‚ and Indian Oceans since ancient times. As a member of the mackeral family‚ tuna naturally has a stronger‚ more robust flavor than whitefish. Tuna Facts Tuna can cruise
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The Blue Whale Balaenoptera Musculus‚ or the blue whale‚ is the largest mammal in the world. This enormous mammal can grow to be 110 feet long and weigh as much as 190 tons. That’s longer than two city buses and the total weight of 30 elephants. This giant is powered by a heart the size of a taxi-cab. The blue whale’s of the Antarctic grow larger than those of the Northern Hemisphere. Also‚ the females tend to be slightly larger than the males of the same age. These mammals are bluish-gray
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Tisquantum: An American Legend History is said to be written by the winners—revealing the perspective and bias of the victorious party. This becomes particularly problematic when the losing party doesn’t posses a written language‚ which is exactly what occurred pertaining to European encounters with Native Americans. Because Native Americans developed no written language and customarily passed down an oral history‚ much of the history is lost; what is known comes predominately from European accounts
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The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History‚ 4th Edition I. The Emergence of Human Communities‚ to 500 B.C.E. 1. Nature‚ Humanity‚ and History‚ to 3500 B.C.E. * African Genesis * History and Culture in the Ice Age * The Agricultural Revolutions * Life in Neolithic Communities * Diversity and Dominance: Cave Art * Environment and Technology: The Iceman 2. The First River-Valley Civilizations‚ 3500-1500 B.C.E. * Mesopotamia * Egypt * The Indus Valley Civilization
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krill. Because the whales were not around to eat the krill other animals‚ e.g. penguins‚ seals‚ squid‚ and fish were feeding off of the abundance of krill‚ which in turn increased their population. Biologists are hoping that because commercial whaling has been regulated that the amount of baleen whales will slowly increase so that they can dominate the krill consumption in the food web. Thinning of the ozone layer will also have a long-term effect on the Antarctic food web. Scientists are speculating
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Straddling the Will of a Bipolar God In his novel‚ Moby-Dick‚ Herman Melville uses one man’s journey on a whaling vessel to symbolize the epic of the experience of the individual. In this epic‚ there is a double task for each of us‚ first to discover our own meaning‚ and finally to put that meaning against the backdrop of a universe that may not regard it one way or the other. Is there an elemental truth‚ justice‚ or fate‚ or do these only exist in the minds of mortals? Subjectivity An important
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include Pond Inlet; located in the north‚ Clyde River; located in the Baffin Islands‚ and Broughton Islands; the biggest island. Occupations/Industries There are five industries of the Innuitian Mountains are fishing‚ mining‚ fur trading‚ hunting‚ and whaling. However‚ the industries are not very successful due to the region’s remote location which makes development too costly when less expensive alternatives exist elsewhere in Canada or in other countries. Relative Population Due to the region’s unrelenting
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