News tagged with migrating fish
Salmon migration mystery explored on Idaho's Clearwater River
(PhysOrg.com) -- Temperature differences and slow-moving water at the confluence of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in Idaho might delay the migration of threatened juvenile salmon and allow them to grow larger ...
Nov 15, 2009 |
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Juvenile bluefin tunas can dive to depths of more than 1000 meters
According to the AZTI-Tecnalia researchers, the first estimations of the geographical location of the recovered tag revealed that this fish had undertaken migrations between the Azores and Portugal during the winter, later ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
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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.
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Monitoring of rare whales near NY harbor ends
(AP) -- Monitoring for endangered right whales off New York harbor is ending because the project has lost financing in the current budget crunch.
Mar 15, 2009 |
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Ocean warming causes elephant seals to dive deeper
Global warming is having an effect on the dive behaviour and search for food of southern elephant seals. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association cooperating ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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U.S. to lease waters off Mid-Atlantic for wind farms
Lighting Maryland homes with power from giant turbines off Ocean City moved closer to reality Thursday, as federal officials announced they are ready to lease vast areas along the Mid-Atlantic coast for wind farms.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Scientists predict where seabirds forage
Researchers have used information about seabird colonies and food availability to create a mathematical model which predicts where they forage for food during the breeding season.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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What do killer whales eat in the Arctic?
Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are the top marine predator, wherever they are found, and seem to eat everything from schools of small fish to large baleen whales, over twice their own size. The increase in hun ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Remote sensing places nature at our fingertips
When the crew of Apollo 17 snapped the famous Blue Marble photo of Earth in 1972, they gave humanity its first truly global perspective on the planet we all call home. The image helped spark recognition of ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Study of Maryland demonstrates Mid-Atlantic offshore wind capacity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Offshore wind farms could generate more than enough energy to meet Maryland’s annual electricity consumption, according to a just-published study by researchers at the University of Delaware. ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Advantages of living in the dark: The multiple evolution events of 'blind' cavefish
The blind Mexican cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) have not only lost their sight but have adapted to perpetual darkness by also losing their pigment (albinism) and having altered sleep patterns. New research publis ...
Jan 22, 2012 |
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Revolutionary tool will methodically track ocean populations
Oceanographer Chuck Greene envisions a day when he will be able to observe the ocean the way a meteorologist observes the weather -- with continuous streams of data that allow him to see changes as they happen ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Drought shrinks China's largest freshwater lake
China's largest freshwater lake has shrunk to its smallest size in years due to drought, state media and officials said Thursday, endangering the ecology in the area and fishermen's livelihoods.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Lone wolf crosses into California
A gray wolf was confirmed to be roaming California for the first time in 87 years when a young male migrating in search of a mate crossed over the state line from Oregon on Wednesday.
Jan 02, 2012 |
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