oceanite

[′ō·shə‚nīt]

(petrology)

A picritic basalt in which olivine is a great deal more abundant than plagioclase.

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A Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus, in flight

Rangers on mission to track down rare seabird

Throughout June and July, Wilson's Petrels Oceanites oceanicus had been well represented and numbers had risen to a maximum count of 45 on 28th June.

Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis: new to the waters of the United Arab Emirates

Hay cinco especies de habitos oceanicos que llegan muy eventualmente a las costas de la isla, o que han sido vistas en el mar, como Oceanites oceanicus (Clark, 1902), por lo que no es de extranar la ausencia de su registro en este trabajo.

The avifauna of Nueva Esparta state, Venezuela: historical re-count and current list with new registers of species and reproduction/Avifauna del estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela: recuento historico y lista actual con nuevos registros de especies y reproduccion/Avifauna do estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela: reconto historico e lista atual com novos registros de especies e reproducao

But it's wrong to say that the Adelie gang are moving out, because Adelies are site-specific nesters, according to Ron Naveen, founder of Oceanites, a US-based science and educational foundation.

All eyes on the ice: like a giant white scoresheet, the Antarctic Peninsula is daily recording changes in the environment. And change is occurring more rapidly there than almost anywhere else on Earth

He's also the founder and president of Oceanites (OHshun-AYE-tees), the nonprofit funding organ for the Antarctic Site Inventory.

Next year, conditions permitting, an Oceanites team will return to this same boulder and count again.

March of the tourists: Polar Earth is thawing. Does it matter if the visiting hordes don't understand?

Nidificacion y habitat del petrel de Wilson Oceanites oceanicus en Punta Cierva, Costa de Danco, Peninsula Antartica.

Una colonia reproductiva de la Golondrina de la Tempestad Peruana, Oceanodroma tethys kelsalli (Lowe 1925), en la Isla Santa, Peru

Research conducted by Oceanites, a non-profit organisation based in the US, supports the view that tourism has had little or no negative effect on animal or plant life--yet.

Tip of the icebergs

Petrels (Oceanodroma, Oceanites, Pelagodroma, Halocyptena, Nesofregetta) are also found at all latitudes except in the Arctic.