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Natures

Here you find all of the 400 or so articles dealing with the nature of Naxos, organised chronologically with the latest articles at the top.

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Sea cucumbers

Sea cucumbers do not look particularly attractive; they are in fact rather ugly and appear boring and uninteresting. Nevertheless, these animals play a very important role in the marine ecosystem and…

Sea anemones

On the rocks in shallow water in the small bays near Azalás, it is easy to find some particularly beautiful and interesting representatives of marine fauna: the sea anemones. The order of sea anemone…

Gastropoda 6: Worm snails

Among the many strange creatures of the intertidal zone are the worm snails. These snails only crawl around freely while they are young, then they attach themselves to the substrate and adopt a sessi…

Barnacles

Seeing barnacles on a rocky coastline one would hardly think that they are close relatives of crabs and lobsters. However, they belong to the Crustacea, and together with the Goose barnacles and some…

The Zones of the Mediterranean Sea

The marine ecosystem is divided into a number of zones with different environmental conditions. To begin with one must distinguish the seabed, known as the benthal, and the water column, known as the…

The demands of the sea on its inhabitants

Life in the sea places significantly different demands on organisms than life on land. First of all, of course, there is an unlimited supply of water. All organisms need water – they consist largely…

The environmental factors in the Mediterranean Sea

With 3.9 per cent by volume, the eastern Mediterranean Sea has a fairly high salt content. The water temperature ranges from 25°C in August and September to 14°C in December and January. In summer, t…

The emergence of the Mediterranean flora and fauna

The precursor oceans of the Mediterranean, the Paleo- and Neotethys, were tropical oceans located near the equator. Accordingly, as fossils show, they were inhabited by a tropical flora and fauna sim…

The geological history of the Mediterranean Sea

In the Palaeozoic era The first precursor to the Mediterranean Sea was the Palaeozoic ocean known as Palaeotethys. This existed as a huge bay at the end of the first (and longest) of the three geolog…

The Mediterranean sea

Das Mittelmeer Das Mittelmeer ist ein vergleichsweise kleines Meer. Die Ägäis ist kein echter Ozean, sondern ein versunkenes Stück Kontinent, weswegen die Meerestiefen im Allgemeinen eher gering sin…

Crustaceans

The crustaceans belong to the large phylum Arthropoda which also includes the chelicerates (Chelicerata) with the horseshoe crabs and arachnids (spiders, scorpions and mites), and the millipedes and…

Starfish

The starfish (class Asteroidea) belong together with the sea cucumbers and the sea urchins to the phylum Echinodermata. Here you can skip the introduction and go directly to the species. The echinode…

Marine animals (overview)

Meerestiere Überblick Die Meeresfauna ist bei uns in Azalas noch recht artenreich. Das Mittelmeer ist zwar überall überfischt, aber es ist hier – mitten in der Ägäis – vergleichsweise noch recht sa…

Gastropoda 9: Slugs

Marine slugs belong to the gastropods (Gastropoda) and, more specifically, to the opisthobranchs, though this group is no longer recognized. Today the marine slugs mentioned here are placed in the su…

Sea urchins

Sea urchins are not the most popular sea animals. However, in moderate numbers, they are an important part of a healthy ecosystem. Here you can skip the introduction and go directly to the species…

Gastropods 1: Limpets

The limpets (genus Patella) belong to the snails and not to the mussels, even though their shells are not coiled. Unlike snails, mussels always have two shells. Within the snails, the limpets and the…

25. Februar 2009: Der Fluss in Azalas fließt!

25. February 2009

der Fluss in Azalas fließt Bei starken Regenfällen wird auf einer steilen Insel wie Naxos längst nicht alles Regenwasser von der Erde aufgesaugt. Dann werden die trockenen Torrente der Insel kurzfri…

Eis und Schnee

25. February 2009

Trotz der Sommerhitze gibt es auch in Griechenland jedes Jahr Eis und Schnee. Auf dem Festland sind die Winter in den Bergen in vielen Gegenden sogar sehr hart; der Schnee liegt manchmal metertief un…

Regen, Hagel und Gewitter

23. February 2009

Regen, Hagel und Gewitter Regen und Hagel Wenn Wolken eine große vertikale Ausdehnung erreichen (Cumulonimbus- und Nimbostratus-Wolken), dann beginnt es aus ihnen zu regnen. In reinen Wasserwolken k…

Regenbogen und Halo-Erscheinungen

19. February 2009

Halo-Erscheinungen In dünnen Zirruswolken-Schleiern entstehen durch die Brechung des Sonnenlichtes an den Eiskristallen oft regenbogenartige Leuchterscheinungen. Die häufigste dieser Erscheinungen is…

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