User:Awsamb1/Submerged forest
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Submerged forests, like the one near Dauphin Island in Alaska, are feeding ground for numerous different species like groupers, red snappers, mantis shrimp, and shipworms. Shipworms have been around in these forests for thousands of years and are studied for their medical potential.[1]
Researchers have discovered a submerged forest off of Norfolk coast. [2]
One of the earliest encounters with submerged forests occurred in 1892. [3]
Submerged forests were used to calibrate radiocarbon time scaling.[4]
There is evidence that submerged forests do disappear over time. [5]
More Examples
[edit]One of the first recorded encounters with submerged forests was in 1892 off of the coast of Mablethorpe[3].
Following a severe storm long the coast of England in 2013, researchers discovered a 10,000 year old submerged forest that used to be part of a place called "Doggerland"[2].
Moreover, back in 1933, there were reports of a disappearing submerged forest off of the coast of Cheshire and Lancashire, and the submerged forest near Liverpool has been of intense research[5].
Ecosystem
[edit]Submerged forests host a whole variety of flora and fauna. The submerged forest located off of the coast of Alabama near Dauphin Island has the bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum)[6]. Mantis shrimp, crabs, anemones, grouper, and red snappers are commonly found at this submerged forest, and of particular interest, due to their practical use in drug discovery, are shipworms[1][7].
Bibliography
[edit]- ^ a b Klein, JoAnna; Flanagan, Annie (2020-03-31). "A Forest Submerged 60,000 Years Ago Could Save Your Life One Day". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ^ a b "Ancient underwater forest found off UK". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ^ a b M, M. H. (1892). "Submerged Forest". Nature. 46 (1180): 128–128. doi:10.1038/046128b0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ Campbell, J. A.; Baxter, M. S. (1979). "Radiocarbon measurements on submerged forest floating chronologies". Nature. 278 (5703): 409–413. doi:10.1038/278409a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ a b "Disappearance of Submerged Forests". Nature. 132 (3347): 961–961. 1933-12-01. doi:10.1038/132961c0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ "Facies Reconstruction of a Late Pleistocene Cypress Forest Discovered on the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "OER Updates: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research Fiscal Year 2018 Federal Funding Opportunity Grant Awarded: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research". oceanexplorer.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-19.