All Articles Tagged As: ecosystems

Study shows continued spread of 'dead zones' (8/16/2008)

Lack of oxygen now a key stressor on marine ecosystems ...> Full Article

Earthworm detectives provide genetic clues for dealing with soil pollution (6/4/2008)

Earthworms can tell us how acidic soil is ...> Full Article

Study Offers Revolutionary View of Ecosystem Ecology (3/8/2008)

Predators have considerably more influence than plants over how an ecosystem functions, according to a Yale study published Feb. 15 in Science that offers a revolutionary shift in thinking on the subject. ...> Full Article

Salamanders, Headwater Streams Critical in Food Chain (2/26/2008)

Study suggests salamanders are "keystone" species ...> Full Article

'Generalist Bacteria' Discovered In Coastal Waters May Be More Flexible Than Known Before (1/28/2008)

Marine bacteria come almost a billion to a cup. Until recently, however, little has been known about how these minute creatures live or what they need to flourish. ...> Full Article

Fungus, caterpillars and parasitic wasps (1/25/2008)

Understanding survival of a species can be a lot more complicated than meets the eye because ecosystems are so interrelated. ...> Full Article

Greenhouse Ocean May Downsize Fish (1/23/2008)

By 2100, warmer oceans with more carbon dioxide may no longer sustain one of the world's most productive fisheries ...> Full Article

Trees, Ants and Elephants: Balance Gone Bad (1/22/2008)

researchers in Africa have a riveting tale of natural balance gone bad, with an unhappy moral for other ecosystems: This could happen to you. ...> Full Article

Predators Do More Than Kill Prey (1/22/2008)

study shows significant evolutionary changes follow predators' indirect effects on ecosystems ...> Full Article

No convincing evidence for decline in tropical forests (1/13/2008)

Claims that tropical forests are declining cannot be backed up by hard evidence, according to new research from the University of Leeds. ...> Full Article