News tagged with otoliths
High carbon dioxide levels cause abnormally large fish ear bones
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean have been shown to adversely affect shell-forming creatures and corals, and now a new study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has ...
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Balance organs affect brain blood flow
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 23, 2009 |
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The organs of the inner ear have a direct effect on brain blood flow, independent of blood pressure and CO2 levels in the blood. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience used a series of human centrifu ...
A difficult youth is a good thing for a fish
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Jan 29, 2008 |
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A tough early life turns out to be a good thing for a fish, according to scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They discovered that fish larvae that survive a long, rough, offshore journey ...
Hatchery fish outnumber wild chinook salmon in troubled fall run
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Apr 03, 2008 |
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A recent study indicates that wild salmon may account for just 10 percent of California's fall-run chinook salmon population, while the vast majority of the fish come from hatcheries. The findings are especially troubling ...
Saltwater sleuths: Seeking clues to help determine the ages of fish and shellfish populations
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May 21, 2008 |
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Fishery biologist Sandy Sutherland looks through the lens of the microscope at tiny sections of fish earbones, known as otoliths, each showing annual bands of growth. She carefully counts the bands to determine the age of ...
Fish growth changes enhanced by climate change
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Apr 27, 2007 |
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Changes in growth rates in some coastal and long-lived deep-ocean fish species in the south west Pacific are consistent with shifts in wind systems and water temperatures, according to new Australian research published in ...
Researchers evaluate the effects of warm waters on little fish
Feb 20, 2006 |
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Warm Caribbean waters may provide a toasty growing area for larval fish, but that's not enough to ensure a flourishing fish population.
Study Finds Oldest Trees Grow Slowest - Even as Youngsters
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly published study has found that the oldest trees in the forest also grow the slowest - and they likely aren’t the prettiest.
Why do astronauts suffer from space sickness?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 21, 2008 |
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Centrifuging astronauts for a lengthy period provided researcher Suzanne Nooij with better insight into how space sickness develops, the nausea and disorientation experienced by many astronauts. Nooij defended her PhD theses ...
Helping Albacore tuna come out of the can
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are set to study the earbones and organs of more than 2000 albacore tuna to better understand the growth, age and breeding patterns of this increasingly important species.
Researchers studying spiny dogfish, Gulf of Maine's mini shark
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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For such a small shark species, there seems to be super-sized confusion about its population status. But for researchers at the University of New Hampshire, one thing is clear - definite changes have occurred ...
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