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Location matters: For invasive aquatic species, it's better to start upstream

Researchers have found that a species invasion that starts at the upstream edge of its range may have a major advantage over downstream competitors, at least in environments with a strong prevailing direction of water or ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists find new invasive fresh water clam species in Lake George

(PhysOrg.com) -- The new species (Corbicula fluminea) was located in the Village of Lake George and poses a serious threat to native mussels and the Lake George ecosystem, according to Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer, direct ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast




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Satellite tracking reveals sea turtle feeding hotspots

Satellite tracking of threatened loggerhead sea turtles has revealed two previously unknown feeding 'hotspots' in the Gulf of Mexico that are providing important habitat for at least three separate populations of the turtles, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ocean acidification may directly harm fish: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fossil fuel combustion, and with it the release of heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2), is still growing globally. Beyond climate change, this is also causing the world’s “other ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Catch limits debated for 'most important fish in sea'

A big fight is brewing over a little fish - a fish that no one wants to eat but that many regard as the most important in the sea.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Research finds that a duck's boon might be a turtle's bane

Duck nest boxes used to aid cavity-nesting ducks can prove to be turtle death traps.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Mapping mollusks: Researchers use genetic tools to complete family tree

What do a typical garden snail and an octopus have in common, besides the occasional appearance on the plates of adventurous diners? More than you may realize. Both are mollusks, a group of animals that includes ...

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers complete mollusk evolutionary tree

Mollusks have been around for so long (at least 500 million years), are so prevalent on land and in water (from backyard gardens to the deep ocean), and are so valuable to people (clam chowder, oysters on ...

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Delta smelt population on the rise, survey finds

The imperiled fish that has been at the center of California's water wars may be at its highest numbers in a decade, judging by the results of a recent survey.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toxic red tides: Scientists track neurotoxin-producing algae

which can increase the amount of harmful toxins in the shellfish that California residents consume — ramping up in frequency and severity locally, scientists at USC have developed a new algae monitoring method in hopes ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Video shows tool use by a fish

The first video of tool use by a fish has been published in the journal Coral Reefs by Giacomo Bernardi, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Captive breeding could transform the saltwater aquarium trade and save coral reefs

Marine biologists at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute are developing means to efficiently breed saltwater aquarium fish, seahorses, plankton and invertebrates in captivity in order ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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