PHYSorg.com: PHYSorg news tagged with: bass http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Asian carp raises fear and loathing on Great Lakes (AP) -- After nearly four decades as a fishing guide on the Great Lakes, Pat Chrysler has seen enough damage from invasive species to fear what giant, ravenous Asian carp could do to the nation's largest bodies of freshwater. http://www.physorg.com/news179679229.html Biology Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:30:01 EST news179679229 For fish, bigger doesn`t always mean healthier (PhysOrg.com) -- Female smallmouth bass tend to prefer bigger male mates, but bigger doesn`t necessarily mean healthier. That`s the finding of a new study in the latest issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology that investigates why females choose the mates they do. http://www.physorg.com/news177701197.html Biology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:10:01 EST news177701197 Widespread occurrence of intersex bass found in US Rivers Intersex in smallmouth and largemouth basses is widespread in numerous river basins throughout the United States is the major finding of the most comprehensive and large-scale evaluation of the condition, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research published online in Aquatic Toxicology. http://www.physorg.com/news172162813.html Biology Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:00:41 EST news172162813 Scientists map fish habitat and movements at Gray's Reef Marine Sanctuary Two related research expeditions by NOAA scientists to track the habitat preferences and movements of fish at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary may help managers protect overfished species such as red snapper and grouper. Research from the two expeditions appears in the current online edition of the peer-reviewed Bulletin of Marine Sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news171117584.html Biology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:50:01 EST news171117584 Largemouth bass vulnerability to being caught by anglers a heritable trait In an experiment spanning over 20 years, researchers at the University of Illinois have found that vulnerability to being caught by anglers is a heritable trait in largemouth bass. http://www.physorg.com/news158943417.html Biology Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:57:20 EST news158943417 Baby fish in polluted San Francisco estuary waters are stunted and deformed (PhysOrg.com) -- Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters and food sources and pass on to their eggs, say UC Davis researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news148049152.html Space & Earth Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:45:52 EST news148049152 When Fish Talk, Scientists Listen (PhysOrg.com) -- A male midshipman, a close relative of the toadfish, doesn't need good looks to attract a mate - just a nice voice. After building a nest for his potential partner, he calls to nearby females by contracting his swim bladder, the air-filled sac fish use to maintain buoyancy. The sound he makes is not a song or a whistle, but a hum; more reminiscent of a long-winded foghorn than a ballad. Female midshipman find it very alluring, and they only approach a male's nest if he makes this call. http://www.physorg.com/news135525600.html Biology Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EST news135525600