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Elusive protein points to mechanism behind hearing loss
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A serendipitous discovery of deaf zebra fish larvae has helped narrow down the function of an elusive protein necessary for hearing and balance. The work, led by Rockefeller University’s A. ...
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Ocean Fish Farming Harms Wild Fish, Study Says
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Dec 15, 2008 |
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Farming of fish in ocean cages is fundamentally harmful to wild fish, according to an essay in this week's Conservation Biology.
Sand dollar larvae use cloning to 'make change,' confound predators
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Mar 13, 2008 |
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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 ...
River damming leads to dramatic decline in native fish numbers
Jul 10, 2008 |
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Damming of the Colorado River over the last century, alongside introduction of game fish species, has led to an extensive decline in numbers of native fish whilst introduced species have flourished. Scientists ...
How baby fish find a home
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Jan 16, 2008 |
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One of the most significant questions facing marine ecologists today, is just how much of an impact global variations in the environment are having on the dispersal of larval and juvenile marine species from ...
Consumption of raw fish raises potential health concerns for consumers
Oct 15, 2007 |
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Two case studies from Japan presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology point to a potential health problem in the United States, as more Americans consume raw fish in the form of sushi ...
Can Nemo Find His Way Home?
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May 03, 2007 |
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The fate of ocean fish larvae has remained a mystery to science until now, but a University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have used a novel technique to directly explore their journey from egg ...
There's no scent like home
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Jan 08, 2007 |
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Tiny larval fish living among Australia's Great Barrier Reef spend the early days of their lives swept up in ocean currents that disperse them far from their places of birth. Given such a life history, one might assume that ...
From humming fish to Puccini: Vocal communication evolved with ancient species
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Jul 17, 2008 |
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It's a long way from the dull hums of the amorous midshipman fish to the strains of a Puccini aria – or, alas, even to the simplest Celine Dion melody. But the neural circuitry that led to the human love song – not to mention ...
River flow and temperature limit trout numbers
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Over a 23-year study, Javier Lobón-Cerviá has found the mechanism that controls the number of salmonids found each year in Cantabrian rivers. His method has been to monitor population numbers ...
Drought helps control carp in regional waterways
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Nov 08, 2007 |
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The on-going drought is having at least one positive spin-off - fewer carp are being distributed through our inland waterways.
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