News tagged with atlantic herring

Atlantic herring population trends linked to egg predation by haddock

(PhysOrg.com) -- NOAA scientists have developed a population model for Atlantic herring that links herring population trends to the size of the haddock population. The model also provides evidence that egg predation by haddock ...

Biology / Ecology

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Scientists IDs genesis of animal behavior patterns

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, MIT engineers and colleagues have observed the initiation of a mass gathering and subsequent migration of hundreds of millions of animals — in this case, fish.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Big Society could threaten biodiversity conservation

A study of the Moray Firth Seal Management Plan (MFSMP), in north-east Scotland, identified four key conditions for long-term success, three of which pointed to the importance of direct government involvement.

Biology / Ecology

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Study finds southern Indian Ocean humpbacks singing different tunes

A recently published study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and others reveals that humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean are singing different tunes, unusual since humpbacks in the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New map pinpoints areas of highest human risk for lyme disease in eastern United States

A new map pinpoints well-defined areas of the Eastern United States where humans have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease, one of the most rapidly emerging infectious diseases in North America, according to the U.S. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

US cautions EU against costly online data privacy rules

The United States will closely examine the European Commission's online privacy legislation and wants to ensure it will not be too costly for companies to do business, a senior US diplomat said Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How the Finnish school system outshines U.S. education

(PhysOrg.com) -- Educational philosophy in Finland is strikingly different than in the United States, but the students there outperform U.S. learners.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 0

EU Internet czar tweets against SOPA

The European Union's Internet czar on Friday added her voice to resistance to the Stop Online Piracy Act, in an unusually open comment on pending U.S. legislation.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study: Babies try lip-reading in learning to talk

Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they're lip-readers too.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers can predict Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Climate scientists around Dr. Daniela Matei and Prof. Dr. Jochem Marotzke from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and Prof. Dr. Johanna Baehr from Hamburg University have now shown for the first time that the strength ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Mapping dark matter from galactic ripples

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sukanya Chakrabarti, Ph.D., an assistant professor of physics for the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University, has developed a way to discover and map dark matter in galaxies. ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New study shows how much food is needed by seabirds

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of scientists, including one from the U.S. Geological Survey, has shown that many seabirds begin to suffer when the food available for them in the ocean declines below a critical level. ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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