All Articles Tagged As: marine biology
The microcosm in the seafloor
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Mississippi River flooding is major contributor to size of this year's dead zone
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 | Researchers can pinpoint the times and places where turtles are at the highest risk ...> Full Article |
 | Doubling the size of the southern Atlantic's largest reef system ...> Full Article |
 | A comprehensive survey of coral biodiversity in Panama's Las Perlas Archipelago has resulted in clear conservation recommendations for a new coastal management plan. ...> Full Article |
 | Fingernail-sized quagga mussels, a close relative of zebra mussels, have spread to the West and threaten to do billions of dollars in damage. ...> Full Article |
 | Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, penguins are sounding the alarm for potentially catastrophic changes in the world's oceans, and the culprit isn't only climate change ...> Full Article |
 | Inaugurated with first 122,500 validated names; over 56,000 aliases for ocean species identified ...> Full Article |
 | New research shows that the second most diverse group of hard corals first evolved in the deep sea, and not in shallow waters. ...> Full Article |
 | increase of epileptic seizures and behavioral abnormalities in California sea lions can result from low-dose exposure to domoic acid as a fetus ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists have identified a process by which marine organisms influence the amount of atmospheric carbon the sea absorbs. ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers have developed a better way too estimate the numbers of European Otters and their effects on the fish farming industry ...> Full Article |
 | 2 dolphin stocks may be recovering from tuna fishing practices ...> Full Article |
 | The frog may be the environmental indicator of the land, but researchers reckon when it comes to the sea, we should look to the turtle. ...> Full Article |
Seafloor bacteria are more abundant and diverse than previously thought
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 | Throughout the overlooked depths of Lake Michigan and other Great Lakes, a small but important animal is rapidly disappearing. ...> Full Article |
 | Sizes and locations of massive jellyfish blooms controlled by interactions between many factors, not just by sea temperatures ...> Full Article |
 | Experts highlight actions to stem declines and ensure sustainable fishing ...> Full Article |
 | Each year the IISE announces a list of the Top 10 New Species for the preceding calendar year. The Top 10 new species described in 2007 ...> Full Article |
 | Marine bacteria in the wild organize into professions or lifestyle groups that partition many resources, rather than competing for them, so that microbes with one lifestyle, such as free-floating cells, flourish in proximity with closely related microbes that may spend life attached to zooplankton or algae. ...> Full Article |
 | Fish Scales, Mollusk Shells Play a Role in Fishery Management ...> Full Article |
 | Some humpback populations still slow to recover ...> Full Article |
 | Y-larvae have been one of the greatest zoological mysteries for over a century ...> Full Article |
The sea floor off the coast of Eureka, California, is home to a diverse assemblage of microbes that scavenge methane from cold deep-sea vents. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a technique to directly capture these cells, lending insight into the diverse symbiotic partnerships that evolved among different species in an extreme environment.
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 | What if hydrology is more important for predicting biodiversity than biology ...> Full Article |
 | Male seahorses are nature's real-life Mr. Moms - they take fathering to a whole new level: Pregnancy. ...> Full Article |
 | Endangered North Atlantic right whales are safer along Massachusetts Bay's busy shipping lanes this spring, thanks to a new system of smart buoys ...> Full Article |
 | Marine invasion which occurred in West Africa 25 to 50 million years ago, coincident with a major oceanic incursion into the region ...> Full Article |
Experts outline primary risks of climate change to natives of the Arctic
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 | Reducing bycatch could save millions of animals, reduce fishing costs ...> Full Article |
 | Deep-sea sharks have been tagged and tracked and their habitats precisely mapped in world-first research to test the conservation value of areas closed to commercial fishing. ...> Full Article |
 | A fish that would rather crawl into crevices than swim, and that may be able to see in the same way that humans do, could represent an entirely unknown family of fishes ...> Full Article |
 | For decades, scientists have viewed octopuses as unromantic loners, with mating habits nearly devoid of complex behavior. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, has found that at least one species of octopus engages in such sophisticated lovemaking tactics as flirting, passionate handholding and keeping rivals at arms' length. ...> Full Article |
 | Finding could stimulate new study of free radicals' role in inflammation, cancer, aging ...> Full Article |
 | Mantis shrimp can see the world in a way that had never been observed in any animal before, researchers report in the March 20th Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. The discovery-which marks the fourth type of visual system-suggests that the ability to perceive circular polarized light may lend mantis shrimp a secret mode of communication. ...> Full Article |
 | Could sharks be catching on to human techniques for tagging them - and learning how to avoid them? ...> Full Article |
 | Microbial profiles serve as the ecological version of the human genome project ...> Full Article |
 | Nature is full of examples of creatures that try to look as big as possible in an effort to scare away potential predators. But to avoid being eaten alive the larvae of sand dollars appear to have a different strategy, in a way exchanging a dollar for a couple of dimes. ...> Full Article |
 | Antarctic fish species that adopts a winter survival strategy similar to hibernation ...> Full Article |
 | Like many northerners who head south to warmer climates for the winter, many Northern right whales also head south in November and stay into April. Their destination is the only known calving ground for this rare and endangered population-the waters off Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. When they arrive, NOAA scientists are there to greet them, and to take DNA samples. ...> Full Article |
Wee creatures are key to Earth's environment
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 | Giant bluefin tuna are in trouble, primarily because the powerful muscles that propel their extensive ocean migrations come with an Achilles' heel: They're tasty. ...> Full Article |
 | Some of the smallest plants on the planet may play a vital role in some of the largest questions facing mankind today, according to marine scientists at the University of Portsmouth and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS). ...> Full Article |
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