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Current level of oyster farming unlikely to have substantial impact on Drakes Estero ecosystem
May 05, 2009 |
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A new report from the National Research Council finds a lack of strong scientific evidence that the present level of oyster farming operations by Drakes Bay Oyster Co. (DBOC) has major adverse effects on the ecosystem of ...
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Gene study may help solve Sydney rock oyster mystery
Jun 09, 2009 |
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A study of oyster genetics is helping scientists better understand the mysterious QX-disease, which has been responsible in the past for killing Sydney rock oysters in the Georges and Hawkesbury Rivers.
Goodbye 'R' rule? Oyster pathogen test may help make shellfish safer
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The oyster lover’s axiom of edibility -- that this shellfish is safest to eat in any month with an 'r' in it -- may soon become somewhat of a culinary anachronism, thanks to a new food-safety test developed ...
Invasive species threaten critical habitats, oyster among victims
Jul 17, 2009 |
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A study of oyster reefs in a once-pristine California coastal estuary found them devastated by invasive Atlantic Coast crabs and snails, providing new evidence of the consequences when human activities move ...
Genes behind animal growth discovered
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Jan 29, 2007 |
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How many genes influence a complex trait, like weight, height or body type? And why does the answer matter? Among other reasons, because the "Green Revolution" that multiplied crop yields has to be followed by a "Blue Revolution" ...
Fraud with cultured pearls can be detected
Jul 15, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany) advise buyers of cultured pearls to be more vigilant. "In Germany too, we are increasingly seeing Chinese sweet-water cultured pearls being marketed as Japanese, ...
Risks involved with transgenic fish
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Fast growing transgenic fish can revolutionise commercial fish farming and relieve the pressure on overexploited fish stocks. But what happens in the natural environment if transgenic fish escape?
Termite creates sustainable monoculture fungus-farming
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Food production of modern human societies is mostly based on large-scale monoculture crops, but it now appears that advanced insect societies have the same practice. Our societies took just ...
French introduced farming to Britain: study
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Simon Fraser University archeologists Mark Collard and Kevan Edinborough and colleagues from University College London have uncovered evidence that French farmers introduced agriculture to Britain some 60 ...
Is the Pacific Ocean's chemistry killing sea life?
Jun 21, 2009 |
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The collapse began rather unspectacularly. In 2005, when most of the millions of Pacific oysters in this tree-lined estuary failed to reproduce, Washington's shellfish growers largely shrugged it off.
Transhumance helps vulture conservation
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Segovia and the University of León have shown for the first time the close space-time relationship between the presence of the griffon vulture and transhumant sheep ...
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