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Because of the highly transparent nature of the waters the sublittoral algae Posidionia oceanica is found over quite a large area.
Scandola Nature Reserve & Capes Girolata and Porto, France 2008
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Photo 1: Posidonia oceanica meadow in the NW Mediterranean.
Seagrass meadows 2008
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Homesteading, road construction, hunting, especially of the Micronesian pigeon (Ducula oceanica) and the Caroline Islands ground dove (Gallicolumba kubaryi), and increased tourism are also endangering native forests and species in the Caroline Islands.
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In addition, the restricted-range species Micronesian imperial-pigeon (Ducula oceanica) is resident and the widespread but vulnerable bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) winters in the Marshalls and Gilberts.
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“The calcification rates of two bloom-forming coccolithophores, Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica, decreased by 25 and 45%, respectively, when grown at pCO2 concentrations that were three times the preindustrial value.”
Hansen and Schmidt: Predicting the Past? « Climate Audit 2006
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Once abundant on Guam, Gehyra oceanica is now rare.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Gehyra oceanica is a big-bodied native species, eight times as hefty as H. frenatus and more restricted to the forest.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Once abundant on Guam, Gehyra oceanica is now rare.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Gehyra oceanica is a big-bodied native species, eight times as hefty as H. frenatus and more restricted to the forest.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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( "American Journal of Pharmacy," vol. ix., p. 305), the Otaheite salep is obtained from a new species of tacca, which he names _T. oceanica_.
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