Save the Seals

Suyash Krishan, Jovais

Kennedy, Chloe Obert
 Overview

Plastic Waste is

● Littering our oceans

● Threatening the lives of millions of

marine animals
 Effect on Seals

Plastic is affecting seals by

● Suffocating seals causing death

● Tainting waters, poisoning seals

Biotic and Abiotic
Factors

Some of the abiotic factors that may

affect the seals ecosystem:
● Weather
● Water temperatures
● Global warming
Some of the biotic factors that may
affect the seals ecosystem:

● Bacteria
● Sharks
● Lack of fish
 Decomposers
Heat Energy Loss

Sharks
1 (Top Carnivores)

Seals
(3rd Level Carnivorous Consumers) 2

Normal Fish
3 (2nd Level Carnivorous Consumers)

Smaller Fish
(1st Level Carnivores Consumers) 4

Zooplankton
5 (Primary Producer)

Sun’s Energy
 Homeostasis

● Pollution debris is bad

for marine health
● Tainted waters reduce
amount of sunlight
require to maintain the
desired ecosystem
 Human Effect

● Pacific Trash Vortex

may contain up to 1.9
million pieces of trash
per square mile
 Biodiversity

● The importance of the ecosystem

depends on the amount of
predators against seals. With no
sharks to maintain the seals the
ecosystem would get out of hand
 It is a privilege to go to the beach and to have fun with family or
friends or going boating on the water. However it is not a place to
leave trash and this has a huge affect on the ecosystem in the sea
and a prime example is the seals.
 Solution

How to fix this problem:

● Place more trash cans on the

beach
Bibliography

https://www.ifaw.org/united-states/our-work/seals/protecting-seals-around-world
https://oceanconservancy.org/trash-free-seas/
https://sciencing.com/human-activities-negative-impact-ocean-17206.html
http://www.marinebio.net/marinescience/06future/olhum.htm
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/
http://www.noaa.gov/resource-collections/ocean-pollution
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/ocean_plastics/