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Why is the ocean and seas surrounding Antarctica so rich in marine life?
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∙ 8y ago
The protein-rich Southern Ocean is so rich because the food chain there is abundant. The food chain is short, and for months out of the year the ocean is frozen over, which removes some of the larger predators from the food chain.
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Which part of Antarctica has the most marine life?
The Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica has the most marine life. There is no marine life on the continent, unless you consider penguins in your marine life list -- they come to Antarctica's beaches to breed.
What marine life lives in Antarctica?
No marine life live on Antarctica: marine life lives in open water. However, marine birds and marine mammals do visit Antarctica's beaches to breed.
Who or what is an Antarctica dweller?
Aside from the research scientists who spend months in the frigid environment, the only Antarctica Dwellers are penguins and other birds, and the marine life in the surrounding oceans.
Is kelp growing in Antarctica?
Kelp forests grow in the Southern Ocean providing food and shelter for marine life.
How many species of seal life in antarctica?
Seals are marine animals. Antarctica is a continent. Seals that live in the Southern Ocean include Leopard seals and Weddell seals.
How is marine life in antarctica?
Marine biologists helps us to understand the natural variability in marine ecosystems and to detect whether changes that occur are natural or induced by the actions of humans.
Where do you find most of the life in the antarctica ecosystem?
You find the most life around Antarctica in the great Southern Ocean in the form of marine life. The continent is too cold to support any kind of animal life.
Who Studies the life form found in the ocean?
marine biologist
What is the scientific name for marine life?
The scientific name for ocean life is marine organisms.
What is Census of Marine Life's motto?
Census of Marine Life's motto is 'Making Ocean Life Count'.
Do seals use plants in Antarctica?
There are no plants in Antarctica. Seals are marine animals and use sea life not land life, to survive.
Studies the life forms in the ocean?
A Marine Biologist
