All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 June Undersea features provide best protection targets for oceanic sharks Undersea features provide best protection targets for oceanic sharks 30/06/2021 | 4 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 01:00 Underwater footage of sea life from one of the worldΓÇÖs most remote marine parks has shown protected areas must include a range of ocean features to maximise marine biodiversity protection. The footage was recorded as part of an international expedition, which included researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology, working in collaboration with National GeographicΓÇÖs Pristine Seas project, to help find and inspire the protection of the oceanΓÇÖs last wild places. The research, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, examined the effect of various geographical ocean features, including seamounts, islands and oceanographic fronts, on marine wildlife at Ascension Island, a remote and recently protected UK territory in the tropical Atlantic. The researchers found these ocean features had a significant influence on the distrib
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 June Undersea features provide best protection targets for oceanic sharks Undersea features provide best protection targets for oceanic sharks 30/06/2021 | 4 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 01:00 Underwater footage of sea life from one of the worldΓÇÖs most remote marine parks has shown protected areas must include a range of ocean features to maximise marine biodiversity protection.
The footage was recorded as part of an international expedition, which included researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology, working in collaboration with National GeographicΓÇÖs Pristine Seas project, to help find and inspire the protection of the oceanΓÇÖs last wild places.
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The research, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, examined the effect of various geographical ocean features, including seamounts, islands and oceanographic fronts, on marine wildlife at Ascension Island, a remote and recently protected UK territory in the tropical Atlantic.
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