16 new papers describe discoveries at long-term deep-sea research site off California
Credit: Images © MBARI MOSS LANDING, CA--For 30 years, MBARI ecologist Ken Smith and his colleagues have studied deep-sea communities ...
Tag: Marine/Freshwater Biology
Cattle vs. hippopotamus: Dung in rivers of the Savannah
Credit: Gabriel Singer In many regions of the world, populations of large mammalian herbivores have been displaced by cattle breeding, ...
Simulated sea slug gets addicted to drug
Credit: Photo by Tracy Clark. Graphic by Diana Yates CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists built a computer model of a simple ...
Carpet shell clams reveal high levels of pollution in several coastal lagoons in Tunisia
Credit: University of Córdoba Transitional waters, those situated between land and the sea, such as lagoons and estuaries, are more ...
Red Sea plankton communities ebb and flow with the seasons
Credit: © 2020 KAUST The communities of tiny picoplankton in oceans reveal a great deal about the health of marine ...
Surprising growth rates discovered in world’s deepest photosynthetic corals
Credit: Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, University of Hawaii. New research published in the journal Coral Reefs revealed unexpectedly high growth ...
Protecting bays from ocean acidification
UD research shows that submerged vegetation helps to offset Chesapeake Bay acidificationCredit: Photo courtesy of Wei-Jun Cai and Jeremy Testa ...
Water bacteria have a green thumb
Microbiologists at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (Germany) identify a new type of planktomycete that produces bioactive natural productsCredit: ...
A new character for Pokémon? Novel endemic dogfish shark species discovered from Japan
Credit: Sarah Viana Newly discovered creatures can often be as impressive and exciting as the ones from the Japanese movies ...
Angling for underwater WiFi
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Xavier Pita Aquatic internet that sends data through light beams could enable divers to instantly transmit ...
Protecting eels protects freshwater biodiversity
Eels serve as a surrogate species for the conservation of biodiversity in freshwater ecosystemsCredit: Kobe University An international research team ...
Could we run out of sand? Scientists adjust how grains are measured
New models will help manage impacts of sea-level rise on vulnerable coastCredit: University of Sydney Humans see sand as an ...
Study on shorebirds suggests that when conserving species, not all land is equal
Credit: (Photo by Tong Mu, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) Princeton University researchers may have solved a long-standing mystery ...
Parasitic fungi keep harmful blue-green algae in check
Credit: Angelina Tittmann, IGB When a lake is covered with green scums during a warm summer, cyanobacteria - often called ...
Marine energy devices likely pose minimal impacts to marine life, report shows
PNNL leads 2020 State of the Science report on environmental effects of marine renewable energy developmentCredit: Image courtesy of PNNL ...
You are what you eat is as important for fish as it is for people
Credit: Brian Hunt/ UBC There is truth in the saying "you are what you eat"; even more so if you ...
Climate change has degraded productivity of shelf sea food webs
Credit: Claire Widdicombe A shortage of summer nutrients as a result of our changing climate has contributed to a 50% ...
Great white shark diet surprises scientists
Understanding how sharks feed is vital for managing human interactionsCredit: Richard Grainger/University of Sydney The first-ever detailed study of the ...
Can deep water masses in the Mediterranean cross the Sicily Strait?
Underwater frontier between Mediterranean basinsCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA The Sicily Strait, an underwater relief connecting the Italian island with the ...
Two vital buffers against climate change are just offshore
New study underscores need to conserve and restore mangroves, coral reefsCredit: Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Ill. -- A new study ...