Silica is most common on the ocean floor beneath cold surface waters as it dissolves quickly in warm water. Silica is formed from the remains of organisms with silica based...

Aragonite is the primary mineral in cool water marine environments. Aragonite saturation state is a function of carbonate ion concentration and used to track ocean...

Marine life have certain thresholds for temperature that they can live in. For instance, deep-water corals have been recorded in temperatures of -1⁰C. Seafloor temperatures...

Ocean depth plays an important role in the distribution and abundance of living organisms and has important implications for shipping and offshore development projects such as...

The concentration of dissolved gases in water is of prime importance in considering the quality of water. Sufficient amounts of dissolved oxygen are required for marine-life...

Salinity is the quantity of dissolved salt in water. Marine life have a limited range of salinity that they can live in. Open ocean seawater typically has a salinity of 32 to...