Marine coastal system - Fundy National Park - Parks Canada
In most ecosystems, the food chain begins with plants. For example, at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, phytoplankton grows in nutrient-rich upwellings of water. This is the beginning of the food web for zooplankton, shrimps, fishes and whales.
Marine Life - Bay of Fundy
Jul 10, 2019 · Many have ranked the Bay of Fundy above Australia’s Great Barrier Reef when examining the extensive and exceptional pyramid of the marine food-chain it has created, and as a consequence, the broad and diverse range of creatures it attracts.
Bay of Fundy - CPAWS New Brunswick
The Bay sustains a bountiful food chain that allows whales, seabirds, fish, and human communities to flourish. The highest tides in the world combine with peaks and valleys on the seafloor and dozens of small islands to cause swirling upwellings of food and nutrients.
Where the Bay Becomes the Sea - NFB - National Film Board of Canada
This is a documentary about the fragile and complex marine ecosystem in the Bay of Fundy. The film traces relationships within the food chain - from tiny plankton to birds and seals and finally to whales and humans.
The Intertidal Zones - Bay of Fundy
Apr 25, 2010 · The currents in the Bay of Fundy cause upwelling of nutrients from the ocean floor, resulting in a biologically active photic zone (the area near the top of the water where light can penetrate) with an abundance of both phytoplankton and zooplankton – the most critical links in the marine food chain (Smith and Smith, 1998).
Marine Life - Grand Manan - Government of New Brunswick
Because of the constant turmoil and changing tides, the outer Bay of Fundy boasts some of the most productive water in Eastern North America. Moved and fed by tidal currents the bay's food chain includes edible seaweeds, some of the world's largest, rarest …
Special Places in Canada: The Bay of Fundy - ecolandscapes.ca
This biomass of waste and waste processors is the food supply for another complex food chain that, at some seasons, can be as important as the “green magic” chain in the Bay of Fundy. Wastes, dead bodies and bits that break off all settle onto the bottom.
And finally, any municipal, industrial and food processing wastes that are purposely or accidently dumped into the sea are usually quickly swept out of coastal embayments by Fundy's high tides and powerful currents, a process aptly terrred "flushing".
Regional Oceans Plan - Scotian Shelf, Atlantic Coast, Bay of Fundy
The Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy bioregion and its three planning areas for the Offshore Scotian Shelf, Atlantic Coast and Bay of Fundy, provide the basis for both conservation planning and broader oceans and coastal management efforts by DFO.
Films/Videos About the Bay of Fundy
This is a documentary about the fragile and complex marine ecosystem in the Bay of Fundy. The film traces relationships within the food chain – from tiny plankton to birds and seals and finally to whales and humans.