BBC Oceans (2010)

Index
Peter's DVD rating: 2.5 stars
551.46 OCE
00:00Disc One: Sea of Cortez 01:40Search for hammerhead sharks (hunted for shark-fin soup) 12:10Dolphins
13:20California Sea Lions 17:10 Fish otolith (ear bone) reveal Los Islotes sea lions have adapted to deep water diet (> 70 m) 07:00 Hydrothermal vent in shallow water, can boil eggs Bay of Conception split from San Andreas Fault
24:00Humboldt Squid now the top predator; cannibalistic; communicate by flashing 35:30Chinese ship sunk for reef 44:00Sperm Whales dive for 40 minutes at a time (2,000 meters)
49:50Use small helicopter to sample Sperm Whale breath (for bacteria) 59:00Disc One: Southern Ocean 1:03:15Giant Kelp no longer a forest, can grow 1/2 m. a day, up to 30 m. water is at 14 degrees C, at upper limit. east coast of Tasmania
1:07:00 Black Sea Urchins cover rocks, feed on baby Giant Kelp, drawn in by warming water 1:10:00 Weedy Seadrogon adapted to Kelp forest 1:24:00Brachiopod fossils identical to those found in Antarctica
1:31:0075,000 convicts shipped to Tasmania from Britain. 1:32:00 Sea Fan (Sea Whip) 1:35:30 Basket Star climbs on Sea Whip to feed
1:36:00 Draughtboard Shark egg case with embryo tied to Sea Whips Sunken Valley (Bathurst Channel) red water from tannins from shore 1:38:00 Maori Octopus stranded and die in silty Eaglehawk Bay 1:43:00 Sea Pens withdraw into sediment to escape from sea slug predator
1:46:30 Brown Fur Seal recovering from almost extinction 1:50:00 Western Rock Lobsters re-introduced to control urchins, restore urchin barren 2:00:00Disc One: Red Sea
2:05:00Tooni and Philippe touch African and Arabian plates 2:12:00Obsidian tool indicates ancient human activity 125 KYA 2:16:00Red Sea temperatures up to 34 degrees C, but corals thrive here.
2:20:00Coral-algae are temperature sensitive - bleaching 2:21:00Search for heat-tolerant algae, Eritrea 2:20:00Egyptian bread baked in sand
2:24:30 Coral fluorescence protect from Sun damage 2:33:00Italian cargo ship Umbria sunken on purpose to evade British during WW II 2:38:00 Jacques Cousteau's Conshelf underwater village
2:46:00 Scalloped Hammerhead no longer abundant 2:47:50 Gray Reef Sharks swim in packs 2:48:50Ball of Barracudas
2:50:10 Indo-Pacific Sailfish are fastest fish 2:52:10 Silky Shark 2:52:10Distant sighting of school of 30 Scalloped Hammerheads
00:00Disc Two: Atlantic Ocean 05:00 Black hole in Bahamas 09:00Purple sulfur bacteria release hydrogen sulfide, warms water, blocks oxygen: similar to early water 3.5 BYA
16:30 Stromatolites cyanobacteria built up oxygen 21:30 Lionfish are voracious invasive from Pacific 26:30 Search for Lucayan ancient civilization: burial cave
34:00Gulf Stream 37:00HMS Southampton shipwreck near Conception Island 48:00 Tiger Shark caught unintentionally by commercial fishing; long line hooks use shark repellent
52:00Distilled dead shark tissue used as repellent for Blacktip Shark, Caribbean Reef Shark 1:00:00Disc Two: Indian Ocean 1:05:00 Manta Ray has eyes at sides, cannot see shark attack from rear
1:05:00 Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish and Moon Wrasse clean infected tissue 1:15:00Juvenile Blacktip Reef Shark fin sliced for shark fin soup (Pomene, Mozambique; sharks sent to Maputo) 1:15:00 Argo float gathers weather data (temperature, salinity, depth) (British Met Office)
1:27:00Zanzibar 1:30:00 Crown-of-Thorns Starfish devours corals; can survive cutting in half 1:33:00 Coral nubbins grow in artificial nursery
1:48:00 Dugong 2:00:00Disc Two: Indian Ocean coasts: Spice Islands 2:03:00fracture in submerged cliffs: Pemba African Rift
2:04:55 Sea Goldie 2:05:00 Mimic Blenny 2:05:02 Twoband Anemonefish
2:06:00 Green Tree Coral grows in shade of cliff; no algae 2:11:00 Favia Coral 2:11:05 Acropora Coral open up at night to feed
2:13:00 Slow growing brain coral fights larger, faster growing table coral 2:15:30 South to Zanzibar 2:21:40Coral grows at 1 cm/year, affected by temperature, revealed by
2:21:50 coral core 2:27:00 Robber Crab (Coconut Crab) )is largest land crab in world (up to 4 KG) 2:33:50 Scorpionfish
2:33:55 Yellow Boxfish 2:34:00 Hermit Crab Spice Islands 2:35:30 Reunion Seahorse is prized in medicinal trade; female has banded body; males have smooth brooding pouch
2:42:301872 cyclone pulverized coastal village Ras Kisimani; celadon ceramic is from ancient China 2:50:30 Mobula Ray 2:51:30 Whale Shark can weigh up to 35 tons; skin is thickest of any animal on earth over-hunted
00:00Disc Three: Mediterranean Sea Straits of Messina 13:30 John Dory 14:30 Sixgill Shark has 6 gills like ancient shark 200 MYA (most sharks have 5)
19:00 Secchi disk measures clarity: clear blue water of Mediterranean indicates low plankton 20:40 Ferdinandea underwater volcano erupted 1831 (collision of African and European plates) 23:00seamount a magnet for marine life, but no open water fish like sardines, tuna, grouper (harvested by fishermen)
00:00 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna herded into tuna farm 29:45Roman cargo shipwreck, monitored by CCTV to prevent theft of amphorae, Egadi Islands 35:30 Mallorca underground flooded cave systems: halocline indicates connection to sea: stalactites and stalagmites indicate sea level used to be lower
43:30Great White Shark come to give birth, feed on pelagic fish in nutrient-rich Sicilian channels, Lampedusa 47:20 Grouper 58:00Disc Three: Arctic Ocean
1:04:00Svalbard Islands midway between North Pole and tip of Norway 1:12:00Pack ice forms from frozen sea ice, getting thinner 1:20:30Spring bloom of amphipods and copepods
1:27:00 Amphipods feed on Copepods and store fat 1:30:00Dutch whaling settlements Smeerenburg (Blubbertown) 1:33:30 Bowhead Whale (Greenland Right Whale) floats when killed, easy prey
1:37:30 Bearded Seal is largest arctic seal, has red head from rooting on iron-rich bottom 1:40:00Beluga Whales also hunted, have no dorsal fins 1:42:00Isfjorden shaped by glaciers
1:44:00 Soft corals have no algae, can survive dark arctic winter 1:45:30Kelp garden includes Arctic Kelp 1:47:00Atlantic Walrus latin name means tooth-walking seahorse: hunted to almost extinction, weigh up to 2 tons, can consume 50 KG clams per day
otolith.JPG
17:10 Fish otolith
vent.JPG
07:00 Hydrothermal vent
Diadema_antillarum.jpg
1:07:00 Black Sea Urchins
Phyllopteryx_taeniolatus.jpg
1:10:00 Weedy Seadrogon
Gorgonacea.jpg
1:32:00 Sea Fan
Euryalida.jpg
1:35:30 Basket Star
Cephaloscyllium_laticeps-eggcase.jpg
1:36:00 Draughtboard Shark egg case
Octopus_maorum.jpg
1:38:00 Maori Octopus
Pennatulacea.jpg
1:43:00 Sea Pens
Arctocephalus_pusillus.jpg
1:46:30 Brown Fur Seal
Panulirus_cygnus.jpg
1:50:00 Western Rock Lobsters
fluorescence.JPG
2:24:30 Coral fluorescence
Conshelf.JPG
2:38:00 Jacques Cousteau's Conshelf
Sphyrna_lewini.jpg
2:46:00 Scalloped Hammerhead
Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchos.jpg
2:47:50 Gray Reef Sharks
Sphyraena-ball.jpg
2:48:50 Barracudas
Istiophorus_platypterus.jpg
2:50:10 Indo-Pacific Sailfish
Carcharhinus_falciformis.jpg
2:52:10 Silky Shark
hole.JPG
05:00 Black hole
Stromatolites.JPG
16:30 Stromatolites
Pterois_volitans.jpg
21:30 Lionfish
Lucayan-skull.JPG
26:30 Search for Lucayan
Galeocerdo_cuvier.jpg
48:00 Tiger Shark
Manta_birostris.jpg
1:05:00 Manta Ray
Forcipiger_flavissimus.jpg
1:05:00 Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish
Thalassoma_lunare.jpg
1:05:00 Moon Wrasse
Carcharhinus_melanopterus-fin.jpg
1:15:00 Blacktip Reef Shark fin
Argo.JPG
1:15:00 Argo float
Acanthaster_planci.jpg
1:30:00 Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
nubbins.JPG
1:33:00 Coral nubbins
Dugong_dugon.jpg
1:48:00 Dugong
Pseudanthias_squamipinnis.jpg
2:04:55 Sea Goldie
Plagiotremus_tapeinosoma.jpg
2:05:00 Mimic Blenny
Amphiprion_Bicinctus.jpg
2:05:02 Twoband Anemonefish
GreenTreeCoral.JPG
2:06:00 Green Tree Coral
Favia.jpg
2:11:00 Favia Coral
Acropora.jpg
2:11:05 Acropora Coral
corals-fight.JPG
2:13:00 Slow growing brain coral
Pemba-Zanzibar.JPG
2:15:30 South to Zanzibar
coral-core.JPG
2:21:50 coral core
Birgus_latro.jpg
2:27:00 Robber Crab
Scorpaenidae.jpg
2:33:50 Scorpionfish
Ostracion_cubicus.jpg
2:33:55 Yellow Boxfish
Paguroidea.jpg
2:34:00 Hermit Crab
Hippocampus_borboniensis.jpg
2:35:30 Reunion Seahorse
Myliobatidae.jpg
2:50:30 Mobula Ray
Rhincodon_typus.jpg
2:51:30 Whale Shark
Zeus_faber.jpg
13:30 John Dory
Hexanchus_griseus.jpg
14:30 Sixgill Shark
Secchi.JPG
19:00 Secchi disk
Ferdinandea.JPG
20:40 Ferdinandea
Thunnus_thynnus.jpg
00:00 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
tuna-farm.JPG
00:00 tuna farm
Mallorca.JPG
35:30 Mallorca
Epiphelinae.jpg
47:20 Grouper
Amphipoda.jpg
1:27:00 Amphipods
Balaena_mysticetus.jpg
1:33:30 Bowhead Whale
Erignathus_barbatus.jpg
1:37:30 Bearded Seal
soft_coral.JPG
1:44:00 Soft corals
Odobenus_rosmarus.jpg
1:47:00 Walrus
Index Sep 26, 2011 copyleft Peter Chen