By Michelle Collier, RCDD. Fiber optic cable provides a low loss medium for high-speed communications. While. the continuous fiber cable itself is low loss, terminations at each access point provide a. potential Achilles heel. The biggest cause of signal loss across fiber optic connectors is. contamination.
The blue crab's scientific name, Callinectes sapidus, is from Latin and Greek: calli, beautiful; nectes, swimmer; and sapidus, savory-beautiful, savory swimmer. Like insects, blue crabs have stalked compound eyes and can see in almost every direction at once.
Cyanobacteria are also called blue-green algae, after the color of their algal blooms. Algal blooms sometimes turn oceans red, a phenomena known as red tide. Red tide is common along the shorelines of Texas and Florida, according to the CDC. Like cyanobacteria, red tide is also toxic.