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The Sargasso Sea is located entirely within the Atlantic Ocean and characterized by the presence of holopelagic Sargassum. Holopelagic Sargassum is free-floating algae that remains in the open ocean for its entire life cycle. No other marine region, anywhere in the world, is known to support a community of holopelagic algae.
The Sargasso Sea is threatened by various pressures – including impacts from shipping, fishing, plastic and other pollutants, and climate change. The Common Ocean Program will demonstrate how cooperation and partnership can play a leading role in sustaining and restoring the productivity and health of the Sargasso Sea’s ecosystem.
The Sargasso Sea is a spawning site for threatened and endangered eels, as well as white marlin, porbeagle shark, and dolphinfish. Humpback whales annually migrate through the Sargasso Sea. Commercial fish, such as tuna, and birds also migrate through the Sargasso Sea and depend on it for food. While all other seas in the world are defined at ...
The Sargasso Sea is home to the New England and Corner Rise seamount chain, which host complex coral and sponge communities, including numerous endemic species. It is also particularly important as a breeding and nursery ground. Famously, it is the only known spawning ground for American and European eels – every single one started life as a ...
サルガッソ海 北大西洋の海流図（1943年）。 中央の海流に囲まれた部分がサルガッソ海. サルガッソ海（サルガッソかい、Sargasso Sea）は、メキシコ湾流、北大西洋海流、カナリア海流、大西洋赤道海流に囲まれた海域であり、北緯25度 - 35度・西経40度 - 70度に存在し、長さ3,200km・幅1,100kmの範囲と ...
The Sargasso Sea is 700 statute miles wide and 2,000 statute miles long (1,100 km wide and 3,200 km long). Bermuda is near the western fringes of the sea. The Sargasso Sea is the only "sea" without shores. [1] The ocean water in the Sargasso Sea is different for its deep blue color and exceptional clarity. Underwater visibility is up to 200 ...
Wide Sargasso Sea, novel by Jean Rhys, published in 1966. A well-received work of fiction, it takes its theme and main character from the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. The book details the life of Antoinette Mason (known in Jane Eyre as Bertha), a West Indian who marries an unnamed man in Jamaica and returns with him to his home in England.
